MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.86% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	259% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 00:04
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 819 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1313) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1.03 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.19 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.35 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 1%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.41 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 16.1 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 305GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3014687 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 894 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 70 300649283623 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 282 (EA) Unknown 100 100 338 (F1) Unknown 253 253 324 (F2) Unknown 253 253 41 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 220 Mixed 331 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 22 130% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 45 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 103%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,295 Write 1,383 Mixed 1,277 364% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50 216% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 527 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 168 187% 323 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 149GB free Firmware: 4PC1LE04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23011 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 674178 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 15055 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11241	49.3% Average	Read 260 Write 171 Mixed 199 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 17.6 78% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 32.6 45% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 184GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98179072 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25099885 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (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 74 66 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3531 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 -102215926672605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4037446143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18151092291	71% Very good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZR 04CD F4-3000C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZR 32GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.6 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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