MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 747 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 105 Parallax 87.3 77% 95.6 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 91.9 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,784 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,391 388% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 77 260% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 611 576% 916 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 294GB free Firmware: A0439DRP SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 384 322 301 286 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 408 Mixed 342 SusWrite 330 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.8 170% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 240 207% 307 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Sandisk A400 SD9QN9U-512G-1006 512GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 189GB free Firmware: A3200006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 345 347 346 345 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 976 Write 449 Mixed 346 SusWrite 358 117% 532 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.7 165% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 564 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 486 360% 479 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 153%
Sandisk SD8SB8U1T00 1TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5GB free Firmware: A0363DGP Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 471 Mixed 295 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.4 157% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 122 143% 249 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 23GB free Firmware: A0595DRP Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 285 Mixed 277 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 29.2 111% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 53 DQ Mixed 73.8 62% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 107%
Sandisk SD8SB8U1T00 1TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 128GB free Firmware: A0363DGP SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 183 152 120 156 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 328 SusWrite 186 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.8 172% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 128 148% 256 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,760 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 10 8.7 14 21 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 4.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 15.1 18% 14 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 101% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 KHX2400C15/8G 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 94%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,175x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	338x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	567x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	271x
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	89x
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: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16