MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '22 at 18:33
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 684 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 95 75% 98.1 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 96 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 1TB SSD 1TB 4,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0519A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 10 9.6 11 12 281 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 456 Write 365 Mixed 382 SusWrite 83.8 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 32.5 146% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 0.4 67% 156 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 139 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 112 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 647GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 198 198 197 196 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 178 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 196 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate ST9750422AS 750GB-$69 803 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 346GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 105 105 104 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 104 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 64%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 172GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 132 132 136 131 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 91.2 Write 140 Mixed 108 SusWrite 134 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GF2400C16K4 2x8GB 3,467 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 20.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,567 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,309x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	882x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	590x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	523x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16