MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% 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	228% 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 20:06
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 588 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 103 Parallax 101 80% 101 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 84.6 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 819 323 320 318 321 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,509 Mixed 595 SusWrite 404 248% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 57.4 240% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 1,292 DQ Mixed 849 730% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Sandisk Z400s M.2 2280 128GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 178 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 180 Mixed 180 SusWrite 178 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 14.6 131% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 77.1 84% 139 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 65%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 120 100 113 118 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 362 Write 151 Mixed 202 SusWrite 111 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41.5 169% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 112 89% 122 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 167 169 170 174 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 122 Write 146 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 169 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 86.3 Write 116 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 126 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 221% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS547575A9E 750GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 698GB free Firmware: JE4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 60 91 95 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 96 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 87 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%
WD My Passport 083C 2TB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 083c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 91 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 98.7 110% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBR2 4x4GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,297x
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
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 $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