MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 17:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$87 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 387 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$52 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 340 Write 149 Mixed 223 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 16.7 119% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 266 185% 239 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 105%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 281GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 41 52% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GB 6,545 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.6% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	3,323x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $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 $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