MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	93.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 15:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 258 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 508 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 107% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 58 54 54 55 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 387 Mixed 368 SusWrite 85.5 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.5 175% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 249 208% 300 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%
Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB-$378 349 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 46GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 344 344 335 342 340 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 350 Mixed 298 SusWrite 342 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.8 171% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 221 202% 309 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 96GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 77 76 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 78.2 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 396GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 80 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 95 Write 87.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 81.8 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 110%

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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