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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 17:39
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 794 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3375 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1381 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85921038567 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 54 231929151520 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1142478078218 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4065 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9041 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7472 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11718 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 276 Mixed 219 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 14.3 109% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 9.91 76% 181 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 107%
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 645GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 100 100 947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1311 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 57310 (A5) Unknown 100 100 97 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 109427 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 474114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 598354 (F5) Unknown 100 100 916960	106% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 432 Mixed 468 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.5 156% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 23.6 81% 175 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233488224 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60559896 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (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 66 55 571539490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31179 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 60129542178 (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 6141803234489 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21389447470 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117356639811	74.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 124 Mixed 129 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 1 20158 (03) Spinup time 181 176 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 262 (05) Reallocated sector count 133 133 1963 (07) Seek error rate 194 126 559 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 974 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 65481 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 261	72.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 107 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 542GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49622080 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58199347 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2243 (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 63 39 765142761509 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34414 (C2) HDA temperature 37 61 34359738405 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116535347638836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21128903445 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31715447513	73.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 131 Mixed 120 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 207GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57784480 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57591374 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 30636245026 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11347 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 34359738402 (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 24829205941017 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10834015288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120812244182	93.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 34.5 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.4 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

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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 $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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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 $40	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