MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 02:55
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 567 64% 502 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2497 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.3% Above average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 62.2 78% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,557 Write 1,991 Mixed 1,620 456% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 86.4 287% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 1,026 765% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 441 441 434 442 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 443 Mixed 395 SusWrite 438 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.5 212% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 358 263% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,314x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16