MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	176% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 131 2-Core 229 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 727 69% 573 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3955 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 179 Parallax 197 156% 189 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 165 Splatting 115 127% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 272 260 263 264 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 761 Mixed 332 SusWrite 283 182% 837 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 51.6 186% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 484 375% 502 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 271%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 249 249 249 188 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 417 SusWrite 234 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 52.8 195% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 232 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 104 SusWrite 93.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 407GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 119 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 95%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	330x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	878x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16