MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 12:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 779 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 039C) 768MB Ram: 768MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 2.97 6% 6.32 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 5.87 5% 6.25 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+233G 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.7 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 171828768 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 124591 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 67 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 85899345951 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1571958030330 (F1) Unknown 100 253 387251716 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67892289	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 181 Mixed 170 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 122 Write 21.8 Mixed 24.1 51% 56 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.84 62% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 2x8GB 1,021 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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