MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 19:02
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 570 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2362 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 74.2 68% 80.9 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 75.8 65% 79.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 322 323 323 323 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 1,404 Mixed 546 SusWrite 361 240% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 61.5 248% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 1,251 DQ Mixed 1,035 815% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 603GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1442 1243 1242 1177 1148 1148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1,812 Mixed 880 SusWrite 1,233 330% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 68.6 254% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,544 DQ Write 1,462 DQ Mixed 1,168 969% 1,392 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 384 386 380 390 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 382 Mixed 72 SusWrite 382 214% 297 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 279% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	330x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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