MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.7% 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	144% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 08:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 609 83% 619 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 83% 106 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 54GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 121 121 118 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 418 Write 148 Mixed 199 SusWrite 120 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.3 162% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 119 104% 156 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 794 796 397 242 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 768 Write 811 Mixed 777 SusWrite 497 161% 713 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.2 178% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 511 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 592 453% 605 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 151%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 446 469 462 458 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 456 Mixed 386 SusWrite 436 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 70.1 238% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 271 204% 272 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 30.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 32.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,195x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	343x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	574x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	275x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	263x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	94x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	90x
Blue 250GBWD $76Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	216x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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