MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	87.4% 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 (12%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 11:41
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 752 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1045 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 324GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (A5) Unknown 100 100 261998968919 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 206158430247 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 124554575901 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 291 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1629 (F1) Unknown 253 253 662 (F2) Unknown 253 253 753 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.2% Very good	Read 507 Write 298 Mixed 235 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 0.04 92% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 2.05 60% 141 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 821 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12897222802 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 34 146030264346 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 296355364933 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1122 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2998 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2453 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4916 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 494 Write 322 Mixed 329 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 20.9 120% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 52.1 103% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203891869 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42983554 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 122887604274339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 71 370475030 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6309 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 77309411350 (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 71695889073029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5484157589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15256259212	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 126 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 411GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84185696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17492684 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 180391378987 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 68 21862154263 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32835 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 736 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8955006810162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20685717785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22638682856	69.4% Good	Read 119 Write 123 Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Constellation CS 1TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 51GB free Firmware: CN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 217292040 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8834200248 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1634 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 68 9010806809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2577 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 173 Mixed 154 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 86%

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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