MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.1% 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.

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

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 542 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.9 87% 105 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 119GB 1,052 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 50GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 56 54 54 56 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 512 Write 322 Mixed 333 SusWrite 94.4 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.8 157% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 233 189% 267 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 115 120 133 140 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 148 Write 96.5 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 124 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 102 107 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 97.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 102 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 14GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 44 44 51 48 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 47 Write 58 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 48.9 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 93%

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Typical Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 2,281 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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