MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 19:28
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 747 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.9 76% 98.2 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 94.7 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 301 303 303 291 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 491 Mixed 420 SusWrite 310 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.8 223% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 359 257% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 132GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 295 296 294 296 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,401 Mixed 728 SusWrite 470 256% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 59.6 244% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 1,149 DQ Mixed 693 651% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 172 174 173 174 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 186 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 175 103% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 177 174 175 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 143 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 176 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 21.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 107%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,530 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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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