MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 272 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 782 73% 610 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 71.9 67% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 78.5 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 237 239 234 229 229 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1538 Write 1,186 Mixed 502 SusWrite 290 194% 879 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 61 232% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,202 DQ Write 1,161 DQ Mixed 905 756% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 28GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 208 208 207 208 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 497 Write 204 Mixed 209 SusWrite 208 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 15 132% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 78 85% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 89GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1327 288 282 284 283 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1472 Mixed 1,190 SusWrite 458 288% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 61.1 218% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 982 758% 1025 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 279GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 86 84 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 99.2 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 86.4 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.9 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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 $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