MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	151% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 05:56
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 259 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 744 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 171 Parallax 168 149% 174 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 150 Splatting 108 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 228 261 812 680 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 971 Write 988 Mixed 620 SusWrite 453 170% 758 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 46.1 163% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 479 440% 681 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 195%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 158 155 135 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 188 Mixed 49 SusWrite 153 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB 1,963 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
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 $80Bench 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 $46

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