MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	218% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 04:14
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 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 (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 744 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 181 Parallax 181 156% 184 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 164 Splatting 115 127% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 263 264 266 239 207 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 788 Mixed 469 SusWrite 283 192% 881 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 91.4 304% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 297 297% 492 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 271%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 249 233 201 195 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 302 Mixed 420 SusWrite 226 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56 195% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 231 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 126GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 107 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 79.3 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 407GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 119 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,288x
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	877x
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 $92Bench 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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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