MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	119% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 06:38
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$241 712,312 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 (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 772 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 77.2 82% 92.3 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 98.5 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1382 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 56 56 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3661870990	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 377 Mixed 421 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.6 198% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 127 151% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 100 (03) Spinup time 145 145 38684459464 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2101 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184685035559 (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 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 141 Mixed 168 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.65 4K Mixed 0.51 162% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Portable 1TB 1,255 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 643GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 39.1 Mixed 30.9 46% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.16 34% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 17%
Generic External 1TB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 91GB free, PID 3920 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 56.1 Mixed 50.3 68% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.28 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 1,964 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 96%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,285x
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	876x
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 $45Bench 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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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