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MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 13:28
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 689 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 101 63% 81 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 68 Splatting 81.5 60% 71.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$65 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 504 495 507 505 501 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,825 Write 1,700 Mixed 751 SusWrite 547 268% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 54.6 187% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 1,107 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 701 558% 794 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 254%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 757GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1497 1500 1497 1501 1457 1337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,436 Write 1,477 Mixed 1063 SusWrite 1,465 307% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 70.3 239% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 270 315% 538 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 255%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 56 55 55 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 500 Write 325 Mixed 352 SusWrite 95.7 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 41.5 144% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 219 182% 262 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 111 113 123 112 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 116 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$34 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 758GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 107 106 137 112 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 61.5 Write 75 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 117 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 107%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 233GB free, PID 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 41.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 42.8 53% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 855GB free, PID a0a4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 114 114 117 122 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 70 Mixed 29 SusWrite 116 98% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 54%
WDC WD16 00JB-00GVA0 160GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 78GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 36 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 36.6 46% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$38 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,449x
Core i5-7600KIntel $135Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	944x
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	344x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	921x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	773x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	606x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	287x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	254x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $75Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	226x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	136x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400