MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 14:56
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 766 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% 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; MSI Armor OC Edition CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 123% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 110 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST2000NP0011 2TB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: PP0D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 210971002 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16777216 (07) Seek error rate 75 65 30368951876 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8796109799424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (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 67 47 555483169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 921 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 210971002 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 -16711680 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 -16711680 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST2000NP0011 2TB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: PP0D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 81154904 (03) Spinup time 88 88 3 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3298618769499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4398063288320 (07) Seek error rate 79 66 86445713 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 -135239930216448 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 45 605945892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 928 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 81154904 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 -16711680 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 -16711680 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 96 0	83.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 140 Mixed 134 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.64 152% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 125 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 102 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 136 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 25.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 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	1,180x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	569x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	272x
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	90x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16