MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 499 64% 485 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 63.7 56% 67 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.3 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,231 Write 1,013 Mixed 1,086 316% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.4 206% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 175 193% 332 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 819GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145434946 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20221 (05) Reallocated sector count 79 79 882 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 10119373832344 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4301 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 97 51543409855 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 701 (BE) vendor-specific 73 40 1057083359259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 60 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 10 145434946 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 169 394 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30438433268412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1003802929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 364046598	66.5% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.55 123% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 416GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1644 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3187 (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 72 72 11399 (0A) Spinup retry count 163 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 131913 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044053014 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4796 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 92.9 Mixed 86.4 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 388GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 93 55739643 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31911663 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 595 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21476081695 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1388 (BE) vendor-specific 75 0 9359238234137 (C2) HDA temperature 25 101 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 19 55739643 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 42997 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84224308644256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1874202252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1043626175	53.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 83.3 Mixed 83 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 301GB free Firmware: CC93 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97717612 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56865312 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25776881789 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 77 44 146550292503 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5824 (C2) HDA temperature 23 56 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 7 97717612 (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 12429635361375 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3255526836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 132742376	50.3% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 84.1 Mixed 82.6 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 71%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 448GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 73.9 118% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$41 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 31.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 109%

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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