MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 440 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 101% 118 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 82.8 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 40 76 33 103 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 484 Write 403 Mixed 27 SusWrite 112 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 5.6 37% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 1.2 75% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 47GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.3 377 86 7.5 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 474 Write 434 Mixed 368 SusWrite 82 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.4 28% 7.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 215 214 215 214 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 197 Mixed 90 SusWrite 213 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 171 171 171 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 156 Mixed 96 SusWrite 170 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX426C16FB2/8 KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 77%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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	338x
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	271x
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