MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.2% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 10:56
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 814 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 8598) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2262 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 94% 115 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 107 Splatting 110 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 54394845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 138572824854646 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2298 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 240 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 54394845 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 54394845 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 54394845 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11997 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9668 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9668 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16255	49.9% Average	Read 188 Write 104 Mixed 108 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 9.9 109% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 9.52 38% 84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5417224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 75273596840143 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2102 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 410 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 34 47246868505 (C2) HDA temperature 25 34 47246868505 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5417224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5417224 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5417224 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15054 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7690 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7690 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14759	73.9% Very good	Read 521 Write 180 Mixed 274 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.6 135% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 17 31% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 194GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 3633 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2853 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 450844 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.5% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 65.5 Mixed 67.9 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 54%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 125 Write 14.9 Mixed 12.7 42% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 66% 5.86 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 27.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,288x
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 $92Bench 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: $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 $179	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