MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.2% 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	279% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 10:17
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 292 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 837 78% 650 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 62 Parallax 57.7 33% 53.5 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 51.3 42% 51.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.2% 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% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,710 Write 1,131 Mixed 1,387 382% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 60.6 259% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 212 245% 425 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2305 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 731 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (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 6118664228	80.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 281 Mixed 337 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 16.3 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 34.3 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 108%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4405924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 8924942054754 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2233 (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 27 54 47248179227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4405924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4405924 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4405924 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24595 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24735 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24735 (F2) Unknown 0 0 49290	77.4% Very good	Read 502 Write 146 Mixed 214 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 19.9 144% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 44 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%
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 (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12657 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 27 (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	46.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 86.9 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.47 115% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% 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 way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1394 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 26 (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	65.8% Good	Read 144 Write 85.6 Mixed 94.7 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.8% 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 (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,281x
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 $76Bench 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: $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