MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.3% 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	118% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 15 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '22 at 23:39
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 485 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 114 97% 121 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 91.5 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 463 504 221 254 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 815 Write 546 Mixed 613 SusWrite 314 128% 572 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.2 150% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 62.9 150% 313 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 144%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 931GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 813 824 827 831 828 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,463 Write 1,657 Mixed 1,346 SusWrite 920 303% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 61.4 214% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 824 DQ Mixed 973 723% 962 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 276%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 119 123 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 108 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR 2x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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	875x
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 $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 $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: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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