MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 01:56
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 793 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 91.5 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 373 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.7 213% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$180 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 196GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 201 200 201 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 360 Write 251 Mixed 246 SusWrite 191 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.6 169% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 233 184% 257 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 129 131 132 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 120 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 130 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 171 171 170 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 160 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 170 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 107%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 116GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 18 28 24 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 15.5 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 20.6 25% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 30% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 25.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 28.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 101%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,530 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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