MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.1% 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	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '22 at 15:26
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 93 2-Core 159 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 200 29% 213 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 107 Parallax 112 97% 113 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 81.4 82% 103 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 52 41 68 55 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 328 Write 202 Mixed 230 SusWrite 70.9 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 19.7 73% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 86.4 109% 192 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 100%
AGI512G17AI178 512GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 78GB free Firmware: S1211A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 263 312 68 82 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 361 Write 314 Mixed 272 SusWrite 166 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 16.1 84% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 35.2 81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 93%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: DA11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 173 180 180 173 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 74 SusWrite 174 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,278x
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 $134	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) $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