MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	237% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 15:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 649 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 118% 144 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 647 639 637 640 640 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2001 Write 1,632 Mixed 714 SusWrite 653 278% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 63.2 222% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 1040 DQ Mixed 959 758% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 263 263 267 270 269 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 451 Write 376 Mixed 290 SusWrite 256 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 18.7 81% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 43.4 45% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 293GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 251 105 92 24 8.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 455 Write 376 Mixed 278 SusWrite 135 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 18.4 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 41.6 48% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 117%

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

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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