MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	303% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 778 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 72.9 66% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 64.2 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,473 Write 1,553 Mixed 1,678 420% 1,901 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 73.2 256% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 313 334% 557 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12146 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 593 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25207165218	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 380 Mixed 421 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 45 160% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 110 136% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 874GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68343259 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70444431 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 8590131216 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 55 453902354 (C2) HDA temperature 18 45 38654705682 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 18 68343259 (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 -95275259491550 (F1) Unknown 100 253 178487151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1478266697	62.3% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.43 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 152 10891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1645 (C2) HDA temperature 125 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.5% Good	Read 119 Write 105 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 26.8 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 104%

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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