MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	151% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '23 at 10:04
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 590 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3906) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 207 Parallax 203 181% 211 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 153 Splatting 134 130% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,554 Write 1,148 Mixed 1,069 279% 1,257 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 53.9 185% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 530 394% 531 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$44 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 107 107 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 126 Write 42.4 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 105 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 157GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 109 114 113 113 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 113 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 60 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 59.5 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 59.3 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 65GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 78.9 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,324x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	884x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	527x
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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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