MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 130% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	252% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$286 164,156 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	SC Int 144 SC Float 152 SC Mixed 136 115% 144 Pts	QC Int 419 QC Float 495 QC Mixed 465 104% 460 Pts	MC Int 678 MC Float 816 MC Mixed 720 110% 738 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$208 20,288 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Lighting 125 Reflection 162 Parallax 187 46% 158 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 128 Splatting 119 53% 126 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$120 98,979 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 132GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,314 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,166 341% 1,554 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 36.3 218% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 224 255% 439 MB/s
Poor: 171% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 264%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 4,717 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 110GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4474315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -84189948922529 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2231 (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 34 54 47248179234 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4474315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4474315 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4474315 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24540 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24683 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24683 (F2) Unknown 0 0 49288	73.8% Very good	Read 513 Write 146 Mixed 216 63% 292 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 12.3 133% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 37.6 60% 116 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$165 49,014 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 729 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2597 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6112004834	78.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 326 Mixed 333 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 16.2 125% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 40 36% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 93%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 4,737 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 456GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2966 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12654 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 42 (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 73.2 Write 84.6 Mixed 85.9 62% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$44 494,745 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1391 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 38 (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 162 Write 137 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$398 2,617 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.7 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.6 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Workstation 70%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $286Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	4,579x
Core i5-7600KIntel $216Bench 95%, 55,411 samples	1,340x
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	252x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	1,448x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	1,440x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 154%, 110,500 samples	985x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	898x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 218%, 98,979 samples	743x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	673x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,158 samples	899x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 91%, 39,599 samples	502x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $196Bench 84%, 11,436 samples	239x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $286	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12