MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	256% 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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Run History

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 14:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 503 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 190 Parallax 191 148% 188 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 182 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 333 335 334 331 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 1,472 Mixed 1274 SusWrite 378 307% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 81.7 274% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,296 DQ Mixed 1,014 800% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 87GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 67 60 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 484 Write 369 Mixed 351 SusWrite 85.6 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.7 162% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 107 128% 223 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 595GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 105 104 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 102 SusWrite 99.5 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2442, 2442, 2442 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

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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	3,316x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	910x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	333x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16