MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	263% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 18:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 552 78% 578 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 199 Parallax 192 152% 192 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 195 Splatting 133 126% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 333 333 334 334 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,408 Write 1,439 Mixed 1,332 SusWrite 379 307% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 85.2 287% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 1,461 DQ Mixed 559 606% 994 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 69 62 59 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 364 Mixed 351 SusWrite 85.2 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.1 166% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 108 130% 229 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 40GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 63 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 94 Write 85.5 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 62.4 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2300, 2300 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%

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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	3,314x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
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	524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16