MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 01:15
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 205 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 580 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 440.23 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4.06 4% 4.17 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 6.04 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 4%
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 03C6) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 14 Parallax 19.9 16% 17.9 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 18.6 13% 14.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 126 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 424 Write 410 Mixed 369 SusWrite 138 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 35.4 123% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 121%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 442GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 88 89 89 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 85 Write 83.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 88 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 222% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
DELL RD1000 160GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 99GB free, PID 1120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 27.7 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 27.9 37% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 36 35 33 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 35.7 52% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 57%
LaCie Rugged USB-C 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 831GB free, PID 108c Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 94 104 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 90.5 Write 102 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 101 124% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 52%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5 5 4.7 4.2 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 38 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 4.8 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 4x8GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 89%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,344x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	917x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	336x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	890x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	755x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	592x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	280x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	163x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	533x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369