MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 813 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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 (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 217 Parallax 208 153% 204 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2054 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 166 166 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1561 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227634118693 (F1) Unknown 100 100 408892	79.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 344 Mixed 354 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 9.76 90% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 45.9 100% 207 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 398GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 213 168 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5949 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 117 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63% 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 way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 80 30608353 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 567423396482 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9756 (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 62 46 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 19 30608353 (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 -129055177251285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3855920605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3357066899	41.9% Average	Read 75.4 Write 70.5 Mixed 64.8 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 109 106 7508 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7209 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 101107 (C2) HDA temperature 114 82 33 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 85.1 Mixed 86.3 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% 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	3,290x
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