MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 813 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2847 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 203 Parallax 205 156% 200 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 190 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,800 Write 1,352 Mixed 1,408 407% 1,853 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 58 251% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 223 247% 422 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 67GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,790 Write 1,403 Mixed 1,540 420% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 52.1 249% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 237 261% 444 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1088 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 8598153832 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 3861249655991 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 45 9010085913 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9387 (C2) HDA temperature 25 55 -140737488355303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 6 1088 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99918119164976 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1136362934 (F2) Unknown 100 253 856473197	61% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 94.9 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 75%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 870GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 100 7591 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1779 (C2) HDA temperature 124 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 177 Mixed 120 125% 169 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.31 240% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 406GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 88 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8627088339 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 3487598052748 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 47 8993308696 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1581 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9562 (C2) HDA temperature 24 53 -140737488355304 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 9 88 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -70123931032715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 713863358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1089296242	47.5% Average	Read 80 Write 85.5 Mixed 75.4 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.67 118% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 35GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4394 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 883 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82358 (C2) HDA temperature 123 95 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.8% Good	Read 107 Write 111 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 33.8 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 136%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	563x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	87x
Blue 250GBWD $81Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16