MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, , 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 06:01
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 578 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 76.8 76% 88 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 86.2 72% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 201GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9621 Write 7,976 Mixed 8,340 1,926% 8,646 MB/s	4K Read 781 4K Write 448 4K Mixed 364 1,887% 531 MB/s	DQ Read 2,042 DQ Write 1,684 DQ Mixed 1,864 1,396% 1,863 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 301 300 300 301 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 493 Mixed 428 SusWrite 318 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.3 230% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 111 113 120 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 59 SusWrite 117 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 148 151 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 129 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 148 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.4 3.3 6.4 4.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 24 Write 10.5 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 5.4 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 2.8 208% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2512, 2512 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 95%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,171x
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	565x
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	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	58x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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