MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.2% 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	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 01:06
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 694 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 91.4 81% 101 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 95 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 732GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3626 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 594 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38189921339	99.5% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 392 Mixed 404 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 43.6 135% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 130 142% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 289GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,388 Write 1,705 Mixed 2,131 461% 2,074 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.6 201% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 180 192% 324 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 340%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 196GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 430 Write 420 Mixed 439 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 34.8 104% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 77.1 79% 129 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3691 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 201864708135 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 162 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 123GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 73GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 18.8 Mixed 21.8 28% 23 MB/s	4K Read 5.55 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 1.29 142% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 8 Mixed 12 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.51 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 1.46 134% 3.25 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x4GB 4,177 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 106%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,289x
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	877x
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 $92Bench 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: $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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