MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 448 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 78%

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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 66 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 75.8 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 298 287 161 154 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 475 Mixed 375 SusWrite 220 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.3 204% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 837GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 107 106 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 92 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 109 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 780GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 195 194 196 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 190 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 194 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,299x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	881x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	744x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16