MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	315% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 02:27
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 267 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 784 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 108 Parallax 111 98% 113 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 104 Splatting 95 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 846 821 816 824 819 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,553 Write 2,380 Mixed 1,845 SusWrite 868 428% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 95.3 318% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,486 DQ Write 1,272 DQ Mixed 1,349 1,019% 1,369 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 355%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 427GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 303 299 300 299 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 364 Mixed 273 SusWrite 306 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50 176% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 244 203% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 223GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 76.7 Write 69.2 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 70.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 106 107 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 98.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 106 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 3x8GB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 90%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,550 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,297x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $45	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