MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	246% 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	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.

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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 04:58
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 678 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 111% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,076 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,243 345% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.3 205% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 166 186% 322 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 220GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 63 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 533 (94) Unknown 100 100 28545 (95) Unknown 100 100 434 (96) Unknown 100 100 239 (97) Unknown 100 100 385 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11794 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47464424734755 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88213 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65018 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139316 (F6) Unknown 100 100 114180 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 450 Write 238 Mixed 262 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 23.9 106% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 46.9 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 121 121 51578995284 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 8231 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12372 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214749216809 (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 200 200 114	59.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.14 28% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 172 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16233 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 38 (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% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 86.4 Mixed 92.9 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 863GB free Firmware: D781 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 120 Write 86.2 Mixed 77.5 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.12 24% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 117%

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Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,573 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,313x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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	524x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16