MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	126% 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 07:51
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 234 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 768 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 87.1 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 476 461 426 441 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 488 Mixed 385 SusWrite 449 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.7 200% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 196GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 187 191 206 207 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 362 Write 250 Mixed 278 SusWrite 190 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43 167% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 233 184% 257 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 196GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 273 273 272 272 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,274 Write 936 Mixed 1,130 SusWrite 300 255% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 85.1 285% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 647 552% 803 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 244%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 106 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 108 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 941GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 143 144 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 31 SusWrite 142 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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 $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 $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: $960

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) $35	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