MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 18:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 509 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 162 Parallax 131 127% 150 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 336 336 332 332 309 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,160 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,172 SusWrite 382 287% 1,296 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 73.1 251% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 1,137 DQ Mixed 995 765% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 442 Write 376 Mixed 324 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42 152% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 106 129% 228 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$44 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 167GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 77.5 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 93.9 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2496, 2496, 2496 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 80%

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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	3,326x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	885x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	529x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16