MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	84.3% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	NPL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 281 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 768 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 82% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GB 39,780 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 206 185 163 159 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 456 Write 258 Mixed 218 SusWrite 189 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 27.4 146% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 114 124% 211 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 459 462 468 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 406 SusWrite 469 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 66.8 230% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 240% 279 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 184 189 186 187 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 188 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 133 137 134 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 66.8 Write 119 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 134 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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: $960

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) $30	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