MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 20:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 531 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 231C) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 102 Parallax 146 77% 114 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 66.3 66% 81.7 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 21 87 64 15 24 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49% Average	Read 281 Write 105 Mixed 207 SusWrite 49.2 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 21.9 81% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 118 117% 187 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 100%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 9GB free Firmware: CS900612 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 368 Mixed 305 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 3.1 80% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 202 148% 196 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 861GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 159 159 159 154 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 134 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 156 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 106%
Maxtor 6 L300R0 300GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 68GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 36 35 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.6 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 35.9 47% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.1 169% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 119%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,324x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	884x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
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	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	527x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16