MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 10:03
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 610 81% 604 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.2 86% 106 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 99 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 85GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 113 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1148707278	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 399 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.3 164% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 119 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22587309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 102039833037035 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2398 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 304 (B1) Unknown 0 0 16 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 65 68723736603 (C2) HDA temperature 27 65 68723736603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22587309 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22587309 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22587309 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 51157 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20874 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20874 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24974	59.9% Above average	Read 478 Write 140 Mixed 171 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 15.7 84% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 34.7 61% 121 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$29 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 24.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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