MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	307% 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 (16%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '22 at 03:33
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 654 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 116 89% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% 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: 1281 1525 1670 1697 1699 1702 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 1,818 Write 1,718 Mixed 1,378 SusWrite 1,596 366% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 87.3 296% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 958 DQ Mixed 434 483% 817 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 311%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 63 55 53 64 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 479 Write 349 Mixed 306 SusWrite 85.9 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.6 159% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 107 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 719GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 68 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 66.6 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 24.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

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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 $235Bench 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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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $458

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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