MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.2% 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	192% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 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 08:51
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 792 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 89.6 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 272 275 276 289 274 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,917 Write 1,141 Mixed 729 SusWrite 293 225% 1,020 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 61.7 224% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 263 304% 514 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 244%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 196GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 184 197 205 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 244 Mixed 264 SusWrite 188 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.1 169% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 235 185% 257 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 423GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 472 479 485 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 382 SusWrite 480 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.5 215% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 109 110 109 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 109 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 941GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 141 141 142 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 141 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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 (83^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 26.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,289x
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 $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: $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 $178	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