MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 12:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 643 70% 554 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.5 91% 107 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 99.9 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 153 174 126 157 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 440 Write 187 Mixed 214 SusWrite 150 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 13.6 93% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 29.3 39% 73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 72%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 49GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 202 200 202 203 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 356 Mixed 179 SusWrite 212 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 32.2 150% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 146 154% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 125 128 128 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 101 Write 119 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 195% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 165GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 60 59 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 84 Write 82.3 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 59.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 115%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,294x
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	879x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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