MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	276% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 02:33
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 285 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 793 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Gigabyte(1458 231D) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 161 91% 122 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 126 88% 105 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1456 392 400 409 410 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,267 Write 2,176 Mixed 1,308 SusWrite 579 353% 1,582 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 94 315% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 1,336 DQ Mixed 1,167 883% 1,170 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 302%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 38GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 85 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 78.2 107% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 55GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 65 64 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 97.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 64.5 100% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 93 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 112 Write 97.8 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 93.9 123% 93 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 147% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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