MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.09% 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	219% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 10:36
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 673 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 0719) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	6.09% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 2.84 7% 6.21 fps	MRender 7.48 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 5.3 5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.09% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 321 324 323 323 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 1,445 Mixed 620 SusWrite 453 246% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 52 219% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1143 DQ Write 1,031 DQ Mixed 682 622% 952 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Kingston RBU-SNS8100S360GD 60GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 182 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 185 Mixed 203 SusWrite 182 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.8 128% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 61.1 75% 132 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 116 118 116 117 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 116 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 124 123 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 78 SusWrite 122 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 162 163 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 124 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 162 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 31.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 110%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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