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 as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 01:20
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 400 47% 364 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 70.8 173% 70.8 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13728 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1107 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 498 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18914268957	110% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 403 Mixed 409 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 46.3 171% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 111 128% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 4 64GB 525 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 37GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22822 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 11986856697 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	79.4% Very good	Read 359 Write 217 Mixed 277 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 29.1 138% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 77.9 101% 182 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 821GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 57 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 97 (03) Spinup time 145 100 17196908805 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7214 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BC) Unknown 100 95 5750 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522190879 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7483 (C2) HDA temperature 193 125 206159413279 (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 1 7901	66.5% Good	Read 107 Write 125 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 174 7225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37181 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 69.2 Mixed 65.7 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 83%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 4.92 Mixed 6.44 9% 8.69 MB/s	4K Read 7.61 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 29% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 13%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 104%

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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