MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 10:14
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 764 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 159 Parallax 166 118% 156 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 149 Splatting 103 96% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 323GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6176323012794 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 32 292057776174 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3195468186344 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6392 (EA) Unknown 100 100 41803 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22310 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6733 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 516 Write 289 Mixed 384 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 3.95 89% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 1.52 69% 163 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1024 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 180 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34194447846	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 48.7 176% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 29.3 103% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 936GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 156737072 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 51 992512246553 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 662 (BC) Unknown 100 96 26 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26831 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 112 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 112 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28235114992108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 123261965853 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120492481568	74.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 123 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 115%

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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 $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