MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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)
Boot Drive	229% 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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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 09:10
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 683 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.6 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 189GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 382 284 299 281 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 465 Mixed 408 SusWrite 326 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 47.9 162% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 114 93% 136 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 397 359 324 378 616 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 287 Mixed 1,069 SusWrite 457 229% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 75.7 248% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 548 431% 593 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 355%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 519GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 58.3 Mixed 42 SusWrite 50.3 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 728GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 101 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 156 Write 116 Mixed 81 SusWrite 103 146% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.8 254% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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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 $90Bench 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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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