MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171116
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 03:04
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 739 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 110% 131 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 127 106 107 104 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 460 Write 387 Mixed 351 SusWrite 160 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 40 154% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 211 185% 274 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 91%
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 151GB free Firmware: M0DL022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 244 241 245 242 246 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 388 Write 458 Mixed 369 SusWrite 244 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27.2 138% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 153 134% 197 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 100%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 363 Mixed 325 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43 158% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 114 133% 231 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 606GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 155 155 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 148 Mixed 101 SusWrite 155 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 83%

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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	1,174x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	566x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	271x
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	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16