MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	122% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	61.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 818 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.48 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 465GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 3,014 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,514 435% 1,983 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 52.4 262% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 257 284% 484 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 464GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 3,013 Write 1,435 Mixed 1,542 438% 1,997 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 51.4 258% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 250 286% 493 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 18 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 175336640	122% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 419 Mixed 422 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.9 199% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 116 146% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,168x
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	563x
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	87x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
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: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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