MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '22 at 20:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 338 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 93% 110 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 89.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,747 Write 1,257 Mixed 574 262% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 41.8 156% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 613 520% 763 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 102 129 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 108 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST980313AS 80GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 9GB free Firmware: 0003DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 43 44 45 44 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 56 Mixed 35 SusWrite 44 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 36%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 3,818 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 5GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 41 44 43 40 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 79.2 Write 0.5 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 41 40% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 2.3 116% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.8 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 26.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,330x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	912x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	885x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	751x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	162x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	530x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16