MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 13:05
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 781 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 132 114% 141 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2323 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (94) Unknown 255 255 3 (95) Unknown 255 255 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 15 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245232 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 279173922851 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3360 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2751 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2066 (F4) Unknown 100 100 19 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48 (F6) Unknown 100 100 228528	52.9% Above average	Read 230 Write 317 Mixed 66.2 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 3.6 83% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 8.99 16% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 182 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 340 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 314 (C2) HDA temperature 109 80 38 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 181 Mixed 170 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.45 144% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 890GB free, PID 25a2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 84.2 134% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.52 4K Mixed 0.38 139% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.D1GMW.AUB0B 1x16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 43%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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