MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 22:54
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 556 59% 469 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 186 Parallax 176 138% 177 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 165 186 162 241 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 477 Write 60.2 Mixed 343 SusWrite 209 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 38.6 143% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 125 115% 182 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 102%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 351 Write 188 Mixed 213 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 39.1 140% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 182 134% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 3TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 153 151 137 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 145 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 147 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 126 129 131 133 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 94.7 Write 117 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 130 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 231% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 95%

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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	3,298x
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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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