MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 07:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 605 56% 466 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 125 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 102% 131 fps	Gravity 116 Splatting 105 97% 110 fps
Poor: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 33GB free Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 243 246 249 250 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 384 Write 381 Mixed 311 SusWrite 252 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 32.9 137% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 192 178% 274 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 132 128 128 141 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 130 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 158GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 87 Write 88.8 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 94.5 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 88%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB 27,655 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 449GB free Firmware: HEF01D SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 90 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 89.2 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 1.9 554% 6.6 MB/s	DQ Read 2 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 7.3 80% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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