MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	160% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 21:40
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 707 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 201 Parallax 212 160% 203 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 188 Splatting 134 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 705 691 438 613 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,320 Write 435 Mixed 330 SusWrite 552 145% 660 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.4 155% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 250 274% 480 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 287GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 721 719 800 764 790 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 866 Mixed 479 SusWrite 748 159% 704 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 153% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 433 371% 540 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 332%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 32GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,314x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	909x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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