MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.5% 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	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 03:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 245 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 460 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 143 Parallax 217 114% 167 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 0.2 62% 85.9 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Team T253X2001T 1TB 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 1.3 69 0.7 0.5 0.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 495 Write 249 Mixed 99.1 SusWrite 12.4 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 9.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 105%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAONS02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 110 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 117 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 103%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,167x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	336x
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	254x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	87x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 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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Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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