MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	86.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 22:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 95 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 565 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 140 Parallax 133 109% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 152 142 71 113 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 468 Write 401 Mixed 162 SusWrite 114 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 44.2 157% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 186 166% 250 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 186 194 194 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 200 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 192 109% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 400GB free, PID 61f5 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 339 329 329 329 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 443 Mixed 354 SusWrite 338 533% 400 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 44.4 4,105% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 51.2 5,073% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 379%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 2,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 89%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,579 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	3,315x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	910x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
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	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16