MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	105% 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	114% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 01:02
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 198 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 345 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 122 107% 104 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.2 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 255 216 53 64 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 848 Write 559 Mixed 587 SusWrite 197 122% 548 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.2 162% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 322 271% 384 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 424GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 153 154 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 135 Write 134 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 153 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 920GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 155 155 153 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 105 Mixed 76 SusWrite 154 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: SE0OA4A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 103 59% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 95%

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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	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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