MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	197% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 11:31
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 582 65% 510 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 135 Parallax 128 106% 131 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 127 Splatting 99.5 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 471 457 446 365 368 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,675 Write 594 Mixed 606 SusWrite 438 182% 828 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 56.2 200% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 881 670% 920 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 353%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 22GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 415 Write 411 Mixed 370 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 46.5 149% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 15GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 408 Write 412 Mixed 312 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 35.6 131% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 172 176% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 46GB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 94 95 89 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 149 152 151 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 149 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 91%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 30GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 9.7 16 64 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 77.5 Write 50.1 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 20.6 41% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 8.5 296% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3733 C17 4x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 120%

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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