MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	229% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '22 at 10:47
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 738 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85DC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 1294 607 606 606 610 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 1,523 Mixed 624 SusWrite 808 253% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 57.9 219% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 1149 DQ Mixed 850 714% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 254%
Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000H1 256GB 12,950 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 158GB free Firmware: HPS4NFXV SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 912 778 174 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 878 Mixed 876 SusWrite 517 192% 856 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 76.1 268% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 579 475% 661 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 192%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9E SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 169 148 166 159 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 130 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 126 129 127 128 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 126 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 86%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 53GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 26.9 Mixed 14.4 20% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0 46% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLT8G4D30BET4K.C8FD 859B BLT8G4D30BET4K.C8FD 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,285x
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	876x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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