MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 464 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+931GBHDD 1TB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.7 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 92%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 136 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4982 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 138 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 94492229664 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 59502 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9356 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15499 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	91.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 311 Mixed 333 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 28.8 129% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 57.6 109% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 38GB free Firmware: E120506a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6618 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 171800723496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 255 Write 115 Mixed 157 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 16.9 86% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 16.2 22% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 52%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1179 (C2) HDA temperature 110 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 154 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 225GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 213144255 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 11065 (BB) vendor-specific 4 4 96 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 890044451 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 55 180519642 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.6% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 96.7 Mixed 91.7 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 80%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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