MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	177% 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.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '22 at 11:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 754 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 117 88% 113 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1660 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 9.7 Splatting 0.3 5% 7.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 550 505 503 500 505 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 689 Write 1,577 Mixed 336 SusWrite 518 177% 780 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 64.8 215% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,264 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 1,165 867% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 262%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 919GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 179 180 179 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 168 Mixed 100 SusWrite 178 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.8 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 98%

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

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,548 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	3,295x
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	879x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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