MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '22 at 03:52
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 535 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.34% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 7.7 Parallax 8 6% 7.57 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11 8% 9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.34% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$235 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 82.6 74% 87.4 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 72.1 70% 87.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 981 706 588 737 693 650 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,010 Write 1,822 Mixed 1,536 SusWrite 726 341% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 58.6 191% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 834 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 730 532% 700 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 355%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$33 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 378 Mixed 323 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 26.3 105% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 166 151% 226 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 177 173 178 170 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 88.6 Write 73.2 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 172 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 578GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 160 155 156 162 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 100 Write 109 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 158 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung CL16-16-16 D4-2133 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 18.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 88%

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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	1,182x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	569x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	273x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	256x

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	214x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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