MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 06:07
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 294 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 755 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 101% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 644GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF104C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 544 563 497 33 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 880 Write 514 Mixed 681 SusWrite 384 137% 615 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 51.3 189% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 495 394% 553 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 246%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 819GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 280 276 276 276 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 287 Write 356 Mixed 283 SusWrite 279 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 36.6 115% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 211 187% 283 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 106%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 250GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 107GB free, PID 8001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 254 270 271 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 268 Write 275 Mixed 248 SusWrite 257 358% 262 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 34.5 3,285% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 39.2 3,985% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 315%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 670GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 98.2 Write 99.7 Mixed 41.6 97% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown W642GU42J7240N8 4x16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2424 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,285x
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	876x
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 $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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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