MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 09:36
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 526 67% 508 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85ED) 3GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 61.6 62% 70.1 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.1 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 733GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6612 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 803 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42695562473	120% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 499 Mixed 513 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 44.8 176% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 28.2 106% 234 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,165 Mixed 1,114 319% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 28.7 178% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 28.4 101% 222 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141940768 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 305167 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 588709922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71813 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 55834574882 (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 125305670861837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30881331 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125996444	87.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 137 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 832GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 86.7 Mixed 102 67% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 28GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 168 Write 65.1 Mixed 91.3 121% 108 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.57 131% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 98%

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Desktop 88%

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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 $184	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) $35	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