MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 781 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.1% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 73.1 63% 80 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 86 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 559 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12900171961 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 444 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 244814512160 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223341051956 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1773 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2020 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1814 (F2) Unknown 253 253 915 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 351 Mixed 318 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 20.8 129% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 39.4 55% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13298007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 29686813959764 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1995 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 41 64427196445 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 64427196445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13298007 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13298007 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13298007 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21092 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13232 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13232 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11377 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196673686	57.5% Above average	Read 428 Write 111 Mixed 149 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 6.97 105% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 83.3 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 26.8 40% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 548GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 160 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5036 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 321009 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	49.5% Average	Read 83.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 88.4 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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