MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 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)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 738 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.1 84% 104 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.4 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (64) Unknown 100 100 308928 (65) Unknown 100 100 89184 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 91 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 150324576287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 544 (EA) Unknown 100 100 276 (F1) Unknown 100 100 463 (F2) Unknown 100 100 507 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	70.2% Very good	Read 463 Write 255 Mixed 256 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 12.2 93% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 27.1 70% 150 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 888GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 38670542 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 223711 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 70 470745116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 28 5 21474836508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 2 38670542 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115946937122961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 176188793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106935568	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 173 Mixed 143 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Patriot Memory 64GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 12.7 Mixed 16.8 21% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.73 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.7 50% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 104%

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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	3,315x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	910x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16