MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	265% 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 (12%). 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	8.8 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 09 '22 at 00:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 214 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 566 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 85% 105 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 99.1 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% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1023 1347 1447 1447 1293 1310 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,623 Write 1505 Mixed 1,239 SusWrite 1,311 319% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 75.7 248% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,046 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 432 471% 790 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 311%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 22GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 64 60 57 55 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 456 Write 347 Mixed 318 SusWrite 84.4 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 37.2 137% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 104 126% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 712GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 75.6 Write 69.1 Mixed 47 SusWrite 66.6 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.9% 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 (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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 $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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