MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '24 at 20:22
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 473 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12027.9001 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 132 Parallax 163 70% 127 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 153 117% 143 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dahua C800 2.5 inch SATA 120GB SSD 73 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2227N SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 361 409 402 213 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 441 Write 394 Mixed 359 SusWrite 307 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 12.1 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 89.2 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 16.7 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: DEM9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 110 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 107 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7EH68AA# 2x16GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	17	60	23.5"	1920 1017	DELA1BE DELL S2422HG

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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	3,326x
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	885x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	529x
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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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