MSI H270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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-7A64
Motherboard	MSI H270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 05:27
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 554 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 88% 107 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.8 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 420 Mixed 352 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 43.8 147% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 346GB free Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2079 2136 1391 862 793 779 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,582 Write 2,026 Mixed 1655 SusWrite 1340 373% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 56.5 178% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 743 541% 710 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 472%
USB3.0 250GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 102 65 41 37 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 350 Write 358 Mixed 325 SusWrite 95.9 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 20.9 69% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 45.3 DQ Mixed 50.4 37% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 385GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 191 187 191 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 128 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 187 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 600GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 177 178 175 177 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 113 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 175 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%

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Typical H270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) Builds (Compare 298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	95x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	50x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	32x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	16x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	11x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $446

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