MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 17:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 659 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 59.5 59% 68.5 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 68.7 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB-$80 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 81GB free Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10867 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2449 (AB) Unknown 80 80 17964368 (AE) Unknown 100 100 148 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 47 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 952 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6680 (F9) Unknown 100 100 109016451	86.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 263 Mixed 349 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 26.6 127% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 88.5 117% 212 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15060 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3426 (B1) Unknown 90 90 120 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 11 (EB) Unknown 99 99 326 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34532468484	95% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 352 Mixed 340 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 25.1 139% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 68.2 111% 217 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 172 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58091 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 30 (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	85.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 154 Mixed 141 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.22 107% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 30 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 66 7113 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9559 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18692 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4768 (B5) Unknown 99 99 41936976 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1901 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206158888985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 723 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9684	79% Very good	Read 129 Write 146 Mixed 107 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 72%

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 (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% 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	3,289x
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 $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 $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 $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