MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.18% 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	235% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 09:22
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	LUX-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 411 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

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.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 6.34 5% 7.4 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 13.6 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1248 361 314 315 314 315 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,103 Write 1,467 Mixed 965 SusWrite 478 278% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 67.9 245% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 969 754% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 145 139 140 141 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 67 Write 128 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 141 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 192% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 90%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 139 141 141 143 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 84.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 140 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630 3TB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MZ6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 120 121 124 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 83 Write 86.2 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 121 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 78 82 68 67 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 104 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 76.3 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.6 234% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 15 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 28.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 15 18% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 103%
Generic External 2TB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 274GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 27 Mixed 23 SusWrite 14.7 31% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 30.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $81Bench 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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Total price: $670

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) $30	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