MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	230% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 16:43
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 297 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 761 82% 650 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 94% 114 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 85.1 77% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 191 (94) Unknown 100 100 11310 (95) Unknown 100 100 202 (96) Unknown 100 100 14 (97) Unknown 100 100 163 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5088 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37542966067229 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 70733 (F5) Unknown 100 100 30051 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22620 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 478 Write 257 Mixed 271 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 24.6 110% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 46.9 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 207 (94) Unknown 100 100 11625 (95) Unknown 100 100 202 (96) Unknown 100 100 5 (97) Unknown 100 100 168 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6726 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43049147695135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19379 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16488 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39725 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23250 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 477 Write 257 Mixed 270 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 24.9 110% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 46.3 87% 175 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 182GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6630 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1200 (B1) Unknown 99 99 42 (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 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 90 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14673707036	123% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 494 Mixed 515 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 49.2 181% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 173 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,993 Write 906 Mixed 1,051 289% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 68.7 236% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 601 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 201 224% 385 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 157GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2486884631987 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 138 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 35 279172874285 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2087357055462 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 760 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13826 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4028 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2914 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 509 Write 433 Mixed 468 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 5.9 99% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 6.41 76% 177 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 69GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6848 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1290 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7275222758	121% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 497 Mixed 514 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 45.5 175% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 162 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 863GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1502 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2382 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864314913 (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 200 200 1	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 168 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 408GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56707718 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 364516 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (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 71 59 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 52 56707718 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8	59.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.3 Mixed 99.5 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 384GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125378691 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147946991 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2663 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555548705 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 13 125378691 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 89 11632 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32929514276223 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1733497817 (F2) Unknown 100 253 715032732	57.2% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 105 Mixed 107 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.54 104% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 250GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12514850 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101382229 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 102 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 505085982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 17179869214 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 33 12514850 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.9% Average	Read 79.3 Write 87.6 Mixed 79.1 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.52 105% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 115%

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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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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