MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	126% 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	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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 17:50
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 481 56% 438 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.9 89% 107 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 236 Mixed 325 142% 665 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 18.3 125% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 38.3 128% 284 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 24674968 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 288023 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 60 588709922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 936 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (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 -77081778061080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 610142759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 251820392	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 171 Mixed 167 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 918GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169151265 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 43294243984 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 327699 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 588840995 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 33 169151265 (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 139582142167044 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2182652118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1039155566	64.1% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 113 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.57 130% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 896GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 21393224 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3172236 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 58 588709923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2728 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 85899345955 (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 80646600917219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3523889480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 237671596795	88.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 146 Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 193 Write 193 Mixed 114 207% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.31 54% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.5% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 80%

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

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
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	563x
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	87x
Blue 250GBWD $81Bench 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: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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