MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	226% 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-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 19:36
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 764 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 93% 112 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS512GMTE110S 512GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0515A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1282 1310 654 192 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,549 Write 1,356 Mixed 1,039 SusWrite 807 266% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 48.6 239% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 929 DQ Write 1,042 DQ Mixed 78.9 310% 683 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 240%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 111GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 153 154 152 148 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 342 Write 217 Mixed 237 SusWrite 156 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.3 171% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 130 120% 184 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 154GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 439 446 460 471 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 460 Mixed 391 SusWrite 450 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.1 221% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 59GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 181 179 178 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 98.5 Mixed 75 SusWrite 176 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 126GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 89 87 89 83 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 66.6 Write 51.9 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 86.1 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 142 146 145 146 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 85 Write 139 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 145 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 199% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x4GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,281x
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	875x
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 $76Bench 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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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) $33	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