MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 258 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 795 74% 617 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 124 Parallax 96.6 92% 111 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2237748216847 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 25 322122547243 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1486066876762 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4134 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19689 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7549 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9406 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 516 Write 442 Mixed 445 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 2.22 81% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 5.73 22% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686556646 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4658 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4658 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 201864708125 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	79.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 128 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.48 128% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.7 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 103%

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Typical Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 2,282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,171x
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	565x
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	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	58x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	213x
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: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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