MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	213% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	659 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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-$95 234,266 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)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 430 54% 412 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 360 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 7360) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 27 Parallax 33.7 21% 28.7 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 25.2 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Sabrent Rocket n 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT301.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 475 489 496 486 498 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,294 Write 1,818 Mixed 1,320 SusWrite 642 286% 1,268 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 74.4 254% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 665 DQ Mixed 919 697% 953 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 213%
Nvme TEAM M8FP2 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 168GB free Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 240 240 228 237 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 869 Write 240 Mixed 331 SusWrite 237 92% 419 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.8 164% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 914 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 291 291% 487 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 258%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 892GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 83.7 Write 44 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 89.4 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.6 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 27.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 7R 2G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	17%	52	183	136	60	25"	1920 1080	HWP293E HP 2511

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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	1,172x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

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	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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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