MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 22:13
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 770 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 265 Parallax 170 130% 198 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 165 Splatting 102 106% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 170 153 13 20 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 498 Write 428 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 122 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 1.1 49% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 0.6 32% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 102%
Adata SX8100NP 1TB 3,479 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 80GB free Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 51 56 61 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	607% Outstanding	Read 6,434 Write 56.3 Mixed 113 SusWrite 54.9 346% 1,665 MB/s	4K Read 858 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 7 1,311% 289 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 607% Great: 336%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 302GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 168 169 169 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 168 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 04CB DDR4 3200 029E CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 029E CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.8 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 28.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,278x
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 $134	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) $39	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