MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	140% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 21:31
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 231 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 750 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 175 142% 181 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 349 347 351 378 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 961 Write 434 Mixed 378 SusWrite 366 118% 535 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 50.8 172% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 398 348% 522 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 153%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 324 320 322 325 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 324 Mixed 305 SusWrite 323 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.1 148% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 183 155% 221 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 160GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 650 652 654 652 651 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,701 Mixed 733 SusWrite 747 289% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 59.2 235% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 832 679% 966 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 173GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 46 45 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 44.9 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 54%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 127 127 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 84 SusWrite 128 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $190Bench 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 $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 $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