MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 12:09
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 835 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 205 Parallax 181 146% 188 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 58GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 534 Mixed 768 208% 951 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 52.2 198% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 175 224% 399 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 144%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18325 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 385 (A9) Unknown 100 100 317 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 222 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 136 584116731936 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1832 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 58019 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20631 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12743 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.9% Very good	Read 396 Write 182 Mixed 134 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 19.9 125% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 47.4 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 354GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4795 (C2) HDA temperature 123 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 130 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.27 122% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3063 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 106%

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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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Total price: $948

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 $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