MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% 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	116% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 16:31
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 289 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 569 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 86.1 75% 94.7 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 119 94% 114 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 240 249 275 148 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 489 Mixed 394 SusWrite 229 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.8 212% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 294 294 294 295 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 427 SusWrite 310 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.7 219% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-000H1 256GB 1,776 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 194GB free Firmware: EXT22H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 255 255 255 255 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 467 Write 262 Mixed 192 SusWrite 255 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.6 126% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 80.2 122% 233 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 291GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 103 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 91.8 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 102 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 77 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 87.2 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 96%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,548 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	3,295x
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	879x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
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 $45Bench 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: $948

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 $45	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