MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	226% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 245 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 754 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 87% 108 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 81.7 74% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 271 261 257 249 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,964 Write 1469 Mixed 664 SusWrite 305 243% 1,100 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 58.9 260% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 1,182 DQ Mixed 780 684% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 172 173 172 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 162 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 173 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 219GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 114 115 114 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 73 SusWrite 115 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 446GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 137 145 143 136 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 154 Mixed 32 SusWrite 143 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 94%

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Gaming 88%

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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	1,171x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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