MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 13:37
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 834 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 24.3 Parallax 31.8 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 25.1 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1418 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 271 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 61 39 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5208887076	107% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 405 Mixed 243 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 104 117% 202 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61833152 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8465321 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (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 71 68 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5809 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (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 -108774341737813 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3808903935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10054947622	98.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 96.8 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26.6 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,315x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16