MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 05:12
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 514 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 152 Parallax 137 112% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th 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 100 100 304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167505100833 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1427580310 (F7) Unknown 100 100 44722113 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12529249 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1956 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80% Excellent	Read 480 Write 334 Mixed 338 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 14.6 102% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 14.9 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 148435008 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 112711 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (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 68 63 588644384 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2073 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (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 -99329708654453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 227029331 (F2) Unknown 100 253 226947147	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 171 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 67GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8340 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9790 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 537985055 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 554762270 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37987 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 67.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 66.8 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 13GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 11 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8750 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9788 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 504365085 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 554696733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4862706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 53 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	50.1% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 85.4 Mixed 88.4 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 6GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 101 101 55879533236 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 28598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 10555 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 29910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 29910 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 219044184105 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 79.9 Write 83.3 Mixed 83 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.42 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,312x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16