MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	216% 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 757 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.02 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 114 Parallax 74.2 81% 96 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 89.9 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% 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% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 314 313 313 312 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 1,297 Mixed 532 SusWrite 362 232% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 53.2 222% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 1019 DQ Mixed 681 606% 910 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 151 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 476 Mixed 351 SusWrite 179 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.5 190% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 84GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 76 78 76 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 84.7 Write 90 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 77 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 193GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 138 121 139 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 127 Mixed 30 SusWrite 136 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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