MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.1%, 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	173% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 02:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 555 76% 564 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2054 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.6 87% 106 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 98 Splatting 101 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 256 256 257 260 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 746 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 288 168% 779 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 51.6 155% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 78.6 206% 418 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 271%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 119GB 1,052 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 50GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 54 55 54 55 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 330 Mixed 349 SusWrite 94.6 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.8 171% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 228 191% 273 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 177GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 95 99 99 99 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 173 Write 139 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 98.7 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 105 104 107 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 109 Write 92.5 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 102 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 14GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 44 46 52 49 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 60.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 49 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.9% 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% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.8 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 93%

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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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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 $178	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