MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	101% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 09:25
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 739 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 118% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250BX100SSD1 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90214496 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40362379 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1032 (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 75 54 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61288 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 64424509465 (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 31911607011916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9731602018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171673428183	15.9% Very poor	Read 150 Write 151 Mixed 146 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.25 2% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%
ST3000DM001-1ER166 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 1640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1330 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 71868 (A5) Unknown 100 100 120 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 78107 (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 310561 (F2) Unknown 100 100 246397 (F5) Unknown 100 100 574944	101% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 364 Mixed 429 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38.3 150% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 71.5 113% 215 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 832GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 776 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 190 Mixed 174 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.31 142% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SONY Storage Media 0GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 019e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 6.64 Mixed 8.23 10% 8.7 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.17 30% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 105%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,337x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	914x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	886x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	754x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $230Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	592x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	162x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	532x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16