MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 19:57
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 468 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 80 Parallax 84.9 72% 84.6 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 70.6 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 57GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 159 62 53 64 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 628 Write 334 Mixed 412 SusWrite 110 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 49.7 193% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 178 151% 214 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 469GB free Firmware: VB301D36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 949 980 1196 1128 1081 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,634 Write 1,031 Mixed 1,129 SusWrite 1,082 324% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 78.1 267% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,187 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 1,169 831% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 309%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 72 97 100 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 89.4 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.5 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 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: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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