MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 718 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 173 Parallax 180 131% 171 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 166 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 133 129 127 131 127 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 470 Mixed 387 SusWrite 164 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.5 199% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 47 54 55 56 55 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.9% Average	Read 184 Write 102 Mixed 109 SusWrite 75.7 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 20.9 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 88.7 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 138 102% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 170GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2227 600 577 578 579 578 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 2241 Mixed 1,561 SusWrite 856 393% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 79 268% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 1,032 DQ Mixed 1,101 830% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 340%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 115 117 118 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 136 Write 177 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 117 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 487GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 132 135 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 108 Mixed 76 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 119%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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