MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	246% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '22 at 01:15
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 541 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.6 81% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 1253 1359 1387 1195 685 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 1,400 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 1,143 292% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 70.9 232% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 434 465% 776 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 311%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 63 69 59 56 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 423 Write 360 Mixed 311 SusWrite 85.2 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 35.2 125% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 107 128% 224 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 719GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 66 67 65 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 66 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,199x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	343x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	247x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	575x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	265x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	94x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	90x
Blue 250GBWD $86Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	216x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Total price: $457

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369