MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 21:49
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 672 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.9% Poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 13.7 13% 35.6 fps	MRender 45.2 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 55 42% 50.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5137 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1449 (B1) Unknown 96 96 76 (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 59 54 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17197728595	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 42.8 169% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 113 136% 241 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 906GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 73 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 4.42 4K Mixed 0.44 178% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 445GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 72.7 Write 80 Mixed 57 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 223655715 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72052551 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1291 (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 63 58 706019365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3647 (C2) HDA temperature 37 13 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 223655715 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87170656234986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18810928328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31783961897	72% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 99 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 48GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2071 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7907 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 70.2 Write 76.3 Mixed 78.8 57% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 69%
ST500LT0 12-9WS142 500GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 335GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 36.6 Mixed 13.7 36% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.18 40% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$33 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,201x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	343x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	247x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	576x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	265x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	94x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	90x
Blue 250GBWD $80Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	217x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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