MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	165% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 606 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.41 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.7 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 273 273 274 289 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 615 Mixed 590 SusWrite 311 169% 772 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 48.5 181% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 796 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 117 221% 451 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 244%
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5GB free Firmware: N0307A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 288 Mixed 286 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 37.1 139% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 196 173% 259 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 166 165 164 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 388 Write 205 Mixed 239 SusWrite 159 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 40.9 153% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 130 119% 182 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 534GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 103 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 109 Write 83.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 105 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 122%

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Gaming 89%

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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	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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