MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 23:05
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 771 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% 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 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 85% 108 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 97.5 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 89 51 77 44 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 290 Write 278 Mixed 196 SusWrite 64 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 8.1 88% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 19.3 54% 114 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 70%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 139GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 393 169 176 176 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 378 SusWrite 260 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.6 163% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 202 193% 302 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 67GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 470 475 483 477 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 459 Mixed 323 SusWrite 468 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.5 171% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 252 216% 318 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 80GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,363 Write 2212 Mixed 1,416 444% 1,997 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 84 284% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,111 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 1,047 787% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 198GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 127 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 528GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 148 149 151 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 147 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 97%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,183x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	569x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	273x
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	90x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	214x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Total price: $458

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16