MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	88.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 14:08
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	FRO-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 709 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 91% 112 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4061 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 898 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (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 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13905260920	88.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 342 Mixed 260 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 24.8 130% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 59.2 81% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224309920 (03) Spinup time 98 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2892594 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (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 78 71 370343958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3948 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 77309411350 (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 76828374991075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3144790536 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3173351418	95.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 16.2 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 144 Write 172 Mixed 82.8 169% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBR 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 24GB 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns

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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	1,172x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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