MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 02:38
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 604 81% 605 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 97% 115 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 81 81 81 82 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 130 Write 99.2 Mixed 113 SusWrite 79 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 28.6 128% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 92.1 74% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 153GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 433 382 240 244 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 241 Mixed 336 SusWrite 304 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 43.8 170% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 321 244% 329 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 98%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 419 461 468 468 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 459 Mixed 424 SusWrite 426 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 59.9 206% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 289 238% 342 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 189 188 189 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 183 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 183 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 105%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 736GB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 112 112 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	62% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 111 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,589 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,321x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	884x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	527x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16