MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 15:53
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 772 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 74.2 66% 77.8 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 72 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 693 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1605442187	98.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.5 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 116 103% 147 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 189621816 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1908 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 59 58 236273049987 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1464 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1254 (BC) Unknown 100 72 12885098635 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 2414445330472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2401 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 38654705704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126980708114417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35904317638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42077557002	89.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 163 Mixed 133 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 34274819 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 17943890 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -82978768158031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 267 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 90194313249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 64 34274819 (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 -89554363088264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11248124377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4375296918
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$7 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Read 40.2 Write 5.41 Mixed 10.3 17% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.77 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 33% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%

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Workstation 76%

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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