MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	273% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 748 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3779) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 94% 110 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 320 310 307 306 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 1,466 Mixed 950 SusWrite 364 292% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 88 315% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 1,413 DQ Mixed 990 804% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 280%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 57GB free Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 326 331 335 333 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 332 Mixed 271 SusWrite 331 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 33.5 151% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 240 207% 306 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 95%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 938GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 149 139 140 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 141 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 123 123 120 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.9 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,173x
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	566x
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	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	213x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16