MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 167% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	223% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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	37.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 21:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 518 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3987) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4975 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Lighting 337 Reflection 288 Parallax 346 274% 323 fps	MRender 364 Gravity 265 Splatting 188 213% 272 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 45 45 5.8 78 45 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.1% Below average	Read 95.7 Write 96.8 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 52.2 17% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 23 81% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 70.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 144 93% 107 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 100%
Kingdian S280 1TB 769 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 727GB free Firmware: Q1211A SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 430 444 436 421 426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 447 Mixed 382 SusWrite 436 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.3 180% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 126 158% 280 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 120%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 169GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 97 97 97 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 96.6 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%
Samsung HD320KJ 320GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 77 Write 27.4 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 80 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 8394 MR[A/B]4U266GHHF16G KHX2400C15/8G 8394 MR[A/B]4U266GHHF16G 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2747, 2747, 2747, 2747 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80% Excellent	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 89%

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Gaming 88%

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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 $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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Total price: $669

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 $179	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) $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