MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 17:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 530 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 192 Parallax 194 150% 190 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 181 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 711 335 333 336 336 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,443 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,313 SusWrite 398 311% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 86.9 297% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,369 DQ Mixed 1,011 810% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 87GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 65 58 59 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 355 Mixed 340 SusWrite 86 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.8 166% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 110 128% 223 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 819GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 117 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 108 SusWrite 117 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2347, 2347, 2347 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,316x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	910x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16