MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	238% 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	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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 11:57
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 734 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DC4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,811 Write 1,320 Mixed 1,156 316% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62.2 215% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 182 199% 340 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 235%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 111GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 259 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 54 197569347623 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5315865225 (F7) Unknown 100 100 166172555 (F8) Unknown 100 100 130032752 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 296 Mixed 318 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 24 110% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 39.6 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 324GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129894458 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50867053 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 122 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 571932706 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 16 129894458 (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 107477261649129 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3349938712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2793938519	49.5% Average	Read 79.9 Write 92.7 Mixed 92.7 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 272GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1348 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (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	92.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 101GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5068 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 437387290 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 487718941 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 203553 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.8% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 86.6 Mixed 90 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 101%

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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 $295	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