MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 12:48
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 225 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 650 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2958 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 212 Parallax 209 162% 206 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 192 Splatting 134 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY EU SSD CS1311 240GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 95 70 91 90 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 451 Mixed 354 SusWrite 113 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.2 169% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 178 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 126 128 129 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 87.8 Write 105 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 126 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 217 221 223 223 221 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB 2,566 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,288x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	330x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	877x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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