MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	210% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:57
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 296 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 768 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 188 Parallax 196 148% 189 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 180 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 453GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,443 Write 1,887 Mixed 1,766 451% 2,032 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 66.1 241% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 257 260% 420 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 363%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11269 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1897 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (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 67 42 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 20 (EB) Unknown 99 99 208 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20075008712	90.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 232 Mixed 356 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 27 146% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 81.6 120% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4104426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -69148973454743 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1683 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 262 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 54 34363277343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 34363277343 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4104426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4104426 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4104426 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6091 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5202 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5202 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7914	75.5% Very good	Read 500 Write 245 Mixed 299 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 13.5 124% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 76.8 73% 108 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,003 Write 1,098 Mixed 1,145 312% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 26.6 184% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 58 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 26 75% 151 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 695GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 167 1641 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44020 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2578 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13188435108 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7395851173 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.9 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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	875x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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