MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	244% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 12:12
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 613 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0012) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.96% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 6.8 6% 7.47 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 7.2 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.96% Great: 7%
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 3.8 Parallax 4.1 3% 3.97 fps	MRender 3.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.9 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$189 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 1137 942 943 901 949 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,674 Write 1,891 Mixed 1,551 SusWrite 1074 349% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 64.1 225% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 956 705% 945 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 337%
BT58SSD13E 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 328GB free Firmware: S1111H0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 1421 1414 265 208 311 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,303 Write 1,371 Mixed 884 SusWrite 649 236% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 23.4 180% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 477 447% 696 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 249%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 177GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 805 775 811 814 806 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 1,607 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 915 291% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 68.4 251% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,324 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 954 726% 996 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 276%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 846GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 112 111 113 112 110 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 110 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 84%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 366GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 131 Write 38.2 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 40.3 73% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 55%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 72.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 40.2 81% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 57%
DELL RD1000 160GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 124GB free, PID 1120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 27.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 28.1 37% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16D4/16GX KF3200C16D4/16GX KHX2666C16D4/16GX KF3200C16D4/16GX 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 19 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	32"	1280 720	SKY1502 TV-monitor

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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	3,328x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	885x
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 $42Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	162x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	529x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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