MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.5% 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	121% 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.

Run History

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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 06:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 570 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 103% 126 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 121 Splatting 104 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 290 295 282 279 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 452 Mixed 378 SusWrite 284 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.5 222% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 122%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 159GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 827 914 918 343 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 930 Mixed 867 SusWrite 617 210% 944 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 83.6 304% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 226 287% 492 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 242%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 862GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 124 124 123 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 123 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A3 2TB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 132 133 133 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 107 SusWrite 132 176% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$30 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 30.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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	3,314x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16