MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 18:04
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 259 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 667 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 92.8 8% 36.9 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 201 193 182 183 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 426 SusWrite 204 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63.6 216% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 63GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 371 289 258 178 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 435 Mixed 374 SusWrite 266 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.7 222% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 157GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 308 75 81 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 436 Mixed 384 SusWrite 162 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.5 187% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

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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	1,176x
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	567x
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	89x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	214x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16