MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	156% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 794 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3745) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 117% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (64) Unknown 100 100 4090752 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 61 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 100 279174119471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15162 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13158 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13237 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 13001	156% Outstanding	Read 1,291 Write 780 Mixed 863 216% 978 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 20.7 137% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 17.9 112% 259 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 153GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 429 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 66 44 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 109265174 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2320286855	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 417 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 48 182% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 121 140% 242 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 900GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 51326479 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10053160 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (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 61 56 656343079 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2977 (C2) HDA temperature 39 16 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 51326479 (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 -132594230359586 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10566581359 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6485472621	89.9% Excellent	Read 170 Write 143 Mixed 85.1 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 1,266 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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