MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 15:08
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 538 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 134 Parallax 123 95% 124 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 121 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,600 Write 2,432 Mixed 1,583 490% 2,205 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 94.2 316% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,656 DQ Write 1,359 DQ Mixed 1,500 1,125% 1,505 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 33GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 386 SusWrite 92 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51 181% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 247 207% 298 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 91%
Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB-$378 349 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 77GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 348 348 348 347 347 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 341 Mixed 295 SusWrite 348 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 46.3 173% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 223 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 80 85 80 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 129 Write 63.8 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 83.5 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 239GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 84 84 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 85.5 Write 81.5 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 82.9 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 30.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	875x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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