MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	83.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 00:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 147 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 549 64% 495 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 216 Parallax 208 157% 205 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 181 Splatting 136 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2042 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 166 166 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1555 (C2) HDA temperature 56 47 227634118700 (F1) Unknown 100 100 402053	83.5% Excellent	Read 512 Write 355 Mixed 355 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 9.94 103% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 46 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 442GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 246 168 2683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5425 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.3% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 106 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.23 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 85GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 80 110336193 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9703 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 567423309091 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9744 (B7) Unknown 1 1 9660 (B8) Unknown 1 1 112 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2863 (BC) Unknown 100 96 51540394170 (BD) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 673185831 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 19 110336193 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31619549292017 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1834915600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139220956	48.3% Average	Read 93.5 Write 74.8 Mixed 73.1 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 107 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100800 (C2) HDA temperature 108 82 39 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 90.6 Mixed 91.1 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 44%

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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	3,315x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	910x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16