MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 16:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 451 62% 457 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 462.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 128 Parallax 94.8 75% 105 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 71.2 70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 80GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 77 153 62 53 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 318 Mixed 399 SusWrite 98.6 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.1 189% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 181 154% 219 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB301D36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 981 926 310 612 232 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,616 Write 853 Mixed 1,122 SusWrite 565 283% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 75.3 256% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,193 DQ Write 847 DQ Mixed 1175 836% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 309%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 247GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 123 125 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 124 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

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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 $80Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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