MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 686 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 88.2 81% 96.8 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 93.4 75% 90.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 7147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 202 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 47 227634053158 (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 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22558112143 (F7) Unknown 100 100 707940060 (F8) Unknown 100 100 421730945 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 480 Write 332 Mixed 335 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 13.4 94% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 30 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 95%
Saiosone SSD120GB 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free Firmware: Q0607A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^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 100 100 529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1405 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4042 (F2) Unknown 100 100 143675 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2810	104% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 417 Mixed 446 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 30.8 151% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 30.6 107% 234 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 526GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 42591046 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139556842 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 639631396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1290 (C2) HDA temperature 36 12 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 42591046 (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 82471962022661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25331468109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72984983188	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 148 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Adata Classic C906 USB 2.0 16GB-$49 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID c96a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Read 26 Write 15.8 Mixed 15 22% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.77 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.12 34% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 68% - Good

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) $30	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