MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.3% 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	119% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '19 at 10:42
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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 i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 163 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 160 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 14.7 14% 15.3 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 489 116 128 115 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 631 Write 883 Mixed 768 SusWrite 286 145% 642 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.4 173% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 669 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 564 417% 555 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 214%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 212GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 93 97 106 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 103 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%
Toshiba MK6459GSXP 640GB 2,156 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 560GB free Firmware: GT001H SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 73 78 86 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 73.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 81.4 45% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 45%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 166 142 146 171 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 95.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 162 65% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ Kingston 9905670-012.A00G 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ Kingston 9905670-012.A00G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,543 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 $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 $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: $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 $40	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