MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	152% 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 (32%). 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '23 at 18:28
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 141 55% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 521 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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: 531.61 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 208 Parallax 219 183% 217 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 151 Splatting 134 129% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,985 Write 1069 Mixed 1,138 308% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 52.6 170% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 510 384% 519 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 172 171 173 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 100 SusWrite 170 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 145GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 99 98 94 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 76 Write 112 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 97.2 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 71 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 75 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 71.3 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 929GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 116 Write 44 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 109 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%

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 below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 72%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,333x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	913x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	886x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	753x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $767

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $28	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