MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	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

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System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 272 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 602 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 1676 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 94.3 85% 102 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 9,021 Write 8,304 Mixed 8,359 1,911% 8561 MB/s	4K Read 830 4K Write 462 4K Mixed 532 2,185% 608 MB/s	DQ Read 2,430 DQ Write 2,093 DQ Mixed 2,219 1,675% 2,247 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 314 303 303 303 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 494 Mixed 424 SusWrite 318 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 67 233% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 795GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 81 93 112 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 67 SusWrite 96.5 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 177 177 177 179 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 135 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 177 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 25.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 95%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

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