MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 17:59
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44% Average	Memory 65.4 1-Core 44.7 2-Core 78.1 41% 62.7 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 171 19% 148 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63% Good	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 96.8 54% 83.3 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 101 61 77 88 58 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 403 Write 373 Mixed 172 SusWrite 75.6 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 20.8 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 33.4 62% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 78%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 205GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 354 352 356 361 362 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 394 Write 370 Mixed 319 SusWrite 350 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 26.8 91% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 185 163% 244 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 104%

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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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $968

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