MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 23:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 782 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 117% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 74GB free Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1704 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1816 (B1) Unknown 100 100 72270 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1658 (E8) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 100328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259733	97.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 309 Mixed 379 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 37.3 150% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 88.2 119% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 98%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11557243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -129287105535353 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1693 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 225 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 67 47249031205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11557243 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11557243 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11557243 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9843 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9843 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11135	59.9% Above average	Read 251 Write 126 Mixed 173 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 16 129% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 38.7 52% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 734GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68534768 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2194462 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1780 (B7) Unknown 3 3 97 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 74 25770263464 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 43370414105 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33337 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 518 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62285615729435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1961654974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5215349422	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 181 Mixed 155 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 448GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1829 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1669 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1829 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1829 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 223339020314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 103 Write 125 Mixed 104 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,289x
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	877x
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 $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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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