MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 19:32
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$230 712,312 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 (46^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 676 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 125 Parallax 118 105% 124 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 79.1 78% 98.1 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 62 44 57 45 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 382 Write 167 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 65.4 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 14.1 48% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 30.4 44% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 118 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 117 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 377GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 115 Write 0.8 Mixed 4.7 29% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Sony Storage Media 32GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 06b1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 14 14 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Read 25.3 Write 18 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 13.3 20% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 27 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 28 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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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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