MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 05:21
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 502 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 108 63% 93 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 112 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4366009209 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 66 283468890148 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2430957060662 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3286 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9658 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6939 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7911 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 477 Write 160 Mixed 219 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 14 72% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 30.4 62% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 107%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 64 3711368 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 548369737 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -33230161959315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3845 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23596 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 1 3711368 (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 96048353646123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14742838177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36970713238	71.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 133 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 22.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $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