MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% 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	289% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	61.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 20:08
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 291 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 815 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2847 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 208 Parallax 191 162% 200 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,778 Write 1,336 Mixed 1,369 401% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 55.6 248% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 212 236% 403 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 68GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,802 Write 1,423 Mixed 1,515 420% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 51.5 244% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 227 252% 428 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 960 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 8598139262 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 3861249655990 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 9128837152 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1559 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9368 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 6 960 (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 51612622005174 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1026587645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 851763305	60.9% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 95.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.68 125% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$289 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 870GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 248 100 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1767 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 233 Mixed 94.6 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.23 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 411GB free Firmware: CC32 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 103 99 736 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7829 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8624486830 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 3487598052746 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 47 9095217182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9543 (C2) HDA temperature 30 53 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 9 736 (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 94622424507227 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3927910160 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4155715054	47.3% Average	Read 89.4 Write 75.5 Mixed 74.8 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.65 116% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 171GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 163 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6078 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4375 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 876 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82065 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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	44.8% Average	Read 72.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 71.7 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 30.8 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 33 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 172%

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Gaming 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,176x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	567x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	256x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	89x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	214x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16