MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 21:53
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 254 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 728 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 139 Parallax 131 109% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 172 115 40 139 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 398 Mixed 343 SusWrite 125 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 42.6 158% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 146 146% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 184 190 185 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 196 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 187 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 400GB free, PID 61f5 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 330 330 326 328 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 445 Mixed 429 SusWrite 341 566% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 46.2 4,234% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 51.2 5,029% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 379%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 2,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,298x
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	880x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	744x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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