MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	300% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 22:41
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 774 84% 665 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 73.7 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 1155 1137 1135 1128 1129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,150 Write 1,683 Mixed 642 SusWrite 1,171 314% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 70.5 260% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,532 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 1,029 873% 1,278 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 592GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 477 479 481 481 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 419 SusWrite 480 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.3 214% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 349 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 428GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 484 483 485 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 452 Mixed 382 SusWrite 484 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 55.5 195% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 415GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 463 462 464 463 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 430 Mixed 311 SusWrite 463 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.1 167% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 180 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 162 163 163 164 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 148 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 162 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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	875x
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 $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: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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