MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 13:13
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 723 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 193GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (64) Unknown 100 100 9152 (65) Unknown 100 100 704 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 154619936804 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 478 Write 263 Mixed 248 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 11 94% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 26 33% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1373 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11652554879	115% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 402 Mixed 410 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 47.5 183% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 97.9 134% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 744GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105985920 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 52 86250076045 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 487915545 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8445 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 42949672985 (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 -13052405607112 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46713199600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55068714468	91.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 148 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
Imation Nano Pro 8GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	2.92% Terrible	Read 13.3 Write 2.81 Mixed 4.27 7% 6.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.57 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 6% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.92% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR 2x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%

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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 $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