MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.5% 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 Drive167% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A72
MotherboardMSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180124
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 10:44
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 95.7
1-Core 142
2-Core 260
94% 166 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 787
73% 609 Pts
64-Core 790
49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 111
Parallax 96.1
91% 106 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 99.2
Splatting 98.6
81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV512HCJH-000H1 512GB
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV72H0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 389 178 170 167 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 1,330
Write 562
Mixed 413
SusWrite 267
141% 643 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 46.8
210% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 968
DQ Write 560
DQ Mixed 605
493% 711 MB/s
Poor: 104%
This bench: 167%
Great: 179%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB
75GB free
Firmware: 30000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 228 221 151 115 168 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 437
Write 428
Mixed 262
SusWrite 210
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 35.6
159% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 126
152% 268 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 98%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 122 121 120 123 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
65% Good
Read 116
Write 59.5
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 110
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.8
242% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 65%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 35.3
MC Mixed 24.6
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 34.5
SC Mixed 25.8
77% 26.9 GB/s
Latency 55.1
73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 2,279 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $678
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