MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 10:53
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 85.5 2-Core 182 60% 134 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 872 80% 672 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 118 66% 103 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$76 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2209 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1008 (A5) Unknown 100 100 519776306346 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 227634642978 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3474663015209 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3613 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8696 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7602 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7850 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 471 Write 318 Mixed 309 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 19.2 114% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 43.8 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 921GB 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 190 177 468 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3084 (05) Reallocated sector count 194 194 293 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 2 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1008 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5816 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 168 168 32 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 135 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 124 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 224	98.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 173 Mixed 161 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.38 133% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 23.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 6.4 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 514 8% 514 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 83%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,195x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	343x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	574x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	275x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	94x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	90x
Blue 250GBWD $76Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	216x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $471

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16