MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '23 at 02:55
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 538 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1670 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 93.4 76% 91.7 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 86.1 Splatting 77.1 67% 81.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 226 471 240 529 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 922 Write 229 Mixed 317 SusWrite 325 98% 448 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 35.6 129% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 297 278% 450 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 210%
Lexar 240GB SSD 240GB 2,181 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 187GB free Firmware: SN07656 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 334 330 368 377 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 399 Mixed 383 SusWrite 347 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 40.3 143% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 141 124% 180 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 96%
T-force 1TB 1TB 7,956 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 341 162 3.9 22 280 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 470 Write 407 Mixed 373 SusWrite 198 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 20.9 117% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 33.3 80% 161 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 857GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 79 81 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 82 Write 83.7 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 78.7 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 103%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,308x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	881x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	590x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	523x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $737

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16