MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	288% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 740 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% 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 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 143 119% 146 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 685GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,780 Write 1,487 Mixed 1,587 430% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 56.4 222% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 175 194% 330 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 302%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 -1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 30 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1966137 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 -1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206159609887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3795 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2237 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2187 (F4) Unknown 100 100 30 (F5) Unknown 100 100 57 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1300352	75% Very good	Read 485 Write 276 Mixed 326 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 8.58 97% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 13.6 79% 182 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 100%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 136 Write 104 Mixed 79.8 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.53 4K Mixed 0.42 215% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB 1TB 16,795 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 369GB free Firmware: LVD3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148623312 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7082033 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885491721 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 22013607967 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14428 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 14% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21498 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (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	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.32 116% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%
Inateck 1TB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 240GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 97.6 Write 87.5 Mixed 45 92% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 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: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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