MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 17:01
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 573 75% 565 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.6% Good	Lighting 86.5 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 76.8 70% 84.2 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 84.5 Splatting 73.4 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 536 275 271 268 268 265 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,174 Write 1,469 Mixed 599 SusWrite 314 251% 1,139 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 64.9 253% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,092 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 722 669% 1,024 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 231GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 308 308 308 308 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,146 Write 1515 Mixed 689 SusWrite 481 267% 1,208 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 63.9 260% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,175 DQ Write 1,296 DQ Mixed 862 752% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 139 153 155 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 88.7 Write 110 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 151 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 154 171 175 172 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 97.5 Write 135 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 167 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 1TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 752GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 510 508 509 509 510 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 9,681 Write 9,519 Mixed 9,362 SusWrite 577 5,482% 7,285 MB/s	4K Read 777 4K Write 457 4K Mixed 311 75,382% 515 MB/s	DQ Read 2,392 DQ Write 2,043 DQ Mixed 2,197 20,210% 2,211 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,281x
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 $76Bench 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: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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