MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	110% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 661 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 187 Parallax 181 142% 181 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1068 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 123 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5573475274	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 403 Mixed 412 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 48.8 183% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 115 109% 165 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 14GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 7410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 45 236224643111 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2973435423 (F7) Unknown 100 100 92968395 (F8) Unknown 100 100 113380021	84.7% Excellent	Read 523 Write 331 Mixed 302 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 16.5 115% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 16.6 72% 161 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 113%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 9368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1136 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 51 210454773795 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7215447883 (F7) Unknown 100 100 116163223 (F8) Unknown 100 100 339583975	90.5% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 329 Mixed 392 91% 413 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 30.9 129% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 46.8 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 97%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 8549 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 560 (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 98 98 1068 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 703 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224577574 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 830 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 555 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 161 Mixed 148 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 182% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 96%

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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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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