MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive118% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A72
MotherboardMSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180124
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 14 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 52%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 236
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 716
70% 577 Pts
64-Core 754
47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 145
Parallax 126
114% 137 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 133
Splatting 106
95% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 447 453 458 461 452 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 466
Write 454
Mixed 392
SusWrite 451
99% 441 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 54.2
180% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 360
271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.5% Good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 22.1
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 22.2
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 107%

 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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