MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$250 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 794 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 58.5 33% 53.6 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 51 42% 51.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,123 Write 1,042 Mixed 1,068 310% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 38.6 211% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 188 216% 374 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 62GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4138192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 89687507088733 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2230 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 47248179230 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4138192 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4138192 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4138192 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24537 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24681 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24681 (F2) Unknown 0 0 49238	67.9% Good	Read 479 Write 121 Mixed 216 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 12.7 123% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 34 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2300 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 728 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (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 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2597 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6105077473	76.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 325 Mixed 309 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 14.2 119% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 39.5 35% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 456GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12660 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4486 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12653 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 33 (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 1 0	45.4% Average	Read 69.4 Write 88.2 Mixed 86.2 62% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1390 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 136 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.31 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 32.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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