MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	301% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '22 at 03:54
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 661 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 98 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1114 1539 1677 1690 1680 1033 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 1,721 Mixed 1,381 SusWrite 1,455 360% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 88.7 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1055 DQ Write 959 DQ Mixed 436 483% 817 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 311%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 67 59 58 55 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 461 Write 363 Mixed 312 SusWrite 86.8 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.7 160% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 108 129% 224 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 719GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 66.6 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 68%
USB2.0 FlashDisk 4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 2.4 4% 3.53 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 6%

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)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 23.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,187x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	341x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	569x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	274x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	258x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	90x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	215x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $458

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16