MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 705 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 11C0) 2GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2024 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 35.8 2% 22.8 fps	MRender 43.6 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2894 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2560 (64) Unknown 100 100 8343904 (65) Unknown 100 100 903648 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 258 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 2459 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1370 (B7) Unknown 96 96 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 100 133144772631 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (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 1 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14477 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4954 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10635 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7945 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	61.3% Good	Read 474 Write 244 Mixed 257 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 9.92 85% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 24.2 34% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92676208 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11258366 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 66 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21222 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 47244640280 (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 -108293305399801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12830726958 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37343966991	93.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 146 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,167x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	563x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	254x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	87x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
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: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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