MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 22:35
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 801 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 658 659 585 586 584 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1889 Write 1,763 Mixed 684 SusWrite 665 278% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 56.2 205% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 974 DQ Mixed 875 691% 957 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 273GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 247GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 479 175 152 157 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 478 Mixed 405 SusWrite 265 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.7 157% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 262 200% 265 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 89 97 97 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 258 Write 126 Mixed 186 SusWrite 96.6 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.1 144% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 94.6 75% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 73%
Verbatim 8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 9.8 10 10 9.7 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.07% Terrible	Read 14 Write 6.7 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 9.6 10% 8.52 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.07% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 26.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 30.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 102%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

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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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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