MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	101% 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	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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '19 at 16:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 227 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 673 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 102 95% 114 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 116 Splatting 94.7 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 124 36 184 212 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 541 Mixed 604 SusWrite 188 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 31.5 115% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 497 394% 549 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 246%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 365GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 135 132 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 133 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 108%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 41.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 41.8 52% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%
General UDisk 8GB 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.9 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 8.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 8.2 9% 7 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 90%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,299x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	881x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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 $40	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