MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.8% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 23:15
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 773 83% 662 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2767 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 141 Parallax 146 101% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (64) Unknown 100 100 1689616 (65) Unknown 100 100 197648 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 996 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 99 99 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 223339544609 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1156 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2365 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5000 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	58.2% Above average	Read 470 Write 190 Mixed 215 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.4 91% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 9.54 17% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3212 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (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	61% Good	Read 93.7 Write 119 Mixed 119 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 109%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 119GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 29.2 Mixed 32.4 41% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.15 51% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,234 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 74GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 74.3 Mixed 48.5 81% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 87%

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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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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