MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '22 at 06:52
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 111 2-Core 205 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 533 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 6.2 Parallax 7.9 6% 6.97 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 11.1 8% 9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 88.7 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 80.9 72% 85.2 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 70.7 69% 86.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,840 Write 1,607 Mixed 1,345 355% 1,597 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 52.2 170% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 624 471% 639 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 140 37 62 34 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 446 Write 240 Mixed 313 SusWrite 82.4 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 25.7 100% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 164 146% 216 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 176 173 162 181 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 154 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 171 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 636GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 167 169 167 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 126 Write 159 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 166 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 106%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 895GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 141 131 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 129 Write 140 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 135 140% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung CL16-16-16 D4-2133 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 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	1,173x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	566x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
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	88x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	59x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $503

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16