MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, 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	178% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 03:44
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 802 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.5 85% 106 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 97 Splatting 102 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV512HCJH-000H1 512GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV72H0Q Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,531 Write 530 Mixed 746 204% 936 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 40.8 204% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 133 208% 400 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 179%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 149GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 1833 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22724 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 110 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 84 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 110003 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119784	49.5% Average	Read 258 Write 169 Mixed 193 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 17.6 80% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 32.4 44% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%
Transcend TS64S37CA00IM3 64GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 10GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 100 100 265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32847 (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 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 62 (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 34697 (F2) Unknown 100 100 54103 (F5) Unknown 100 100 65694	62.9% Good	Read 413 Write 76.5 Mixed 128 44% 206 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 27.2 122% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 36.3 48% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 626GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 119 100 21495677248 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1539 (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 10304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1180 (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 76219568 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471597084 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1549 (C2) HDA temperature 214 125 210454315036 (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	67.9% Good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 110 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.9% 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	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.8 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,176x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	567x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	271x
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	89x
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: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16