MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 15:45
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 720 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.1 87% 105 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 97.1 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 79 152 145 98 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 451 Write 467 Mixed 385 SusWrite 132 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 29.2 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 94.9 72% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 337GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 441 423 460 468 471 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 472 Mixed 392 SusWrite 436 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 39.8 128% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 93.7 70% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,285x
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	876x
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 $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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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