MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 19:04
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$70 234,266 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)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 417 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66.3 63% 73.2 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 73.2 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$52 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 469 Mixed 340 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 49.7 176% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 266 215% 306 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: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 40.2 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 40.3 51% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19% 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 @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 14.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,333x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	913x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	886x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	753x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	162x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	530x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $767

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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