MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	117% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 779 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 293GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 116 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 433005960	120% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 502 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 42.6 178% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 166 166% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 414 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10095955047	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.6 188% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 83.8 126% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 688GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99535632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11198757 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 78 67 370212886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22124 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 47244640278 (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 -32611686677497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7751524049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 341656940936	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 171 Mixed 167 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 (71^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 27.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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 $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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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