MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 11:56
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$242 712,312 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 (76^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 251 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 731 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 137 Parallax 136 113% 137 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 241 144 148 147 144 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 470 Write 424 Mixed 351 SusWrite 207 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 29.1 120% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 265 198% 260 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 681GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2422 2164 1209 1210 1209 1206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2471 Write 2,356 Mixed 1,567 SusWrite 1,570 446% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 95.9 320% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,600 DQ Write 1,446 DQ Mixed 1,493 1,128% 1,513 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 372%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 206 204 204 205 206 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 95.9 Write 169 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 205 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 118%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
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	563x
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	87x
Blue 250GBWD $81Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
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: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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