MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 14:36
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 836 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 126 Parallax 107 100% 118 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 111 Splatting 110 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 29GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518955044 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5470869315 (F7) Unknown 100 100 171048134 (F8) Unknown 100 100 79566879 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8797 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 469 Write 298 Mixed 341 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 28.6 125% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 56.5 103% 208 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1560 (A6) Unknown 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 267 (A9) Unknown 100 100 142 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 158 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 43 184684314652 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1306 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20726 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8619 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12134 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	70.5% Very good	Read 425 Write 145 Mixed 213 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 21.5 122% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 46.1 75% 146 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 319GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 19 (03) Spinup time 231 179 3416 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 208827 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 195 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 190 0	33.2% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 55.7 Mixed 55.6 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 55%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 212GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3678 (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 84 84 7318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 263915 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 210453921817 (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 21457 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 99.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 27.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 31 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 110%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

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 $95Bench 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: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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