MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.2% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 00:05
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 199 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 467 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.5 39% 48.9 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 97.5 61% 70.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 110 100 126 106 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 400 Write 379 Mixed 222 SusWrite 121 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 27.1 97% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 170 157% 246 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 164GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1044 1135 1152 1209 1189 932 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1696 Write 1,201 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 1110 282% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54 188% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 863 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 722 566% 782 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 507 507 508 507 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 42GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 56 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 54.5 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 331GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 111 115 111 115 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 90 Write 86 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 112 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 104%

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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%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $274	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 $183	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