MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 201 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 357 45% 342 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 166 Parallax 145 106% 147 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 141 Splatting 101 94% 116 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HAJQ-00000 256GB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT0200Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 97 67 66 64 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 411 Write 171 Mixed 340 SusWrite 92 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 34.6 139% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 319 246% 335 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 120%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 588GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 146 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 165 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 145 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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