MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 748 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.6 86% 107 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 102 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 135GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1816 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22659 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 26336 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 108997 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22659 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119224	48.8% Average	Read 258 Write 167 Mixed 191 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 17.4 77% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 30.7 44% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 51%
Transcend TS64S37CA00IM3 64GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32242 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 61 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33948 (F2) Unknown 100 100 53320 (F5) Unknown 100 100 64484	62.2% Good	Read 417 Write 77.3 Mixed 131 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 27.1 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 36.1 48% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 619GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 129 100 25789530397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 86 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1167 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 76219558 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 51 303300628 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1536 (C2) HDA temperature 253 125 210454315028 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 109 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX4M4B3200C16 029E CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMD16GX4M4B3200C16 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 32.2 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.7 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,183x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	339x
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	273x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $458

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16