MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	124% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 23:18
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 408 58% 425 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 126 Parallax 114 99% 120 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 86% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871b 2.5 7mm 512GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 310 442 487 457 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 413 SusWrite 397 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.1 205% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 197 196 204 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 198 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 4x8GB 2,384 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 33.5 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 126%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,172x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	565x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	92x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	58x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	213x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16