MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	83% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 00:20
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 838 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 208 Parallax 204 161% 203 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 189 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1632 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85934604675 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 43 184684642339 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1460292813140 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1336 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7770 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5907 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4537 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83% Excellent	Read 480 Write 320 Mixed 302 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 17.5 108% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 51.9 102% 209 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 750GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148977192 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4066 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10670700 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1629 (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 70 56 538378270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31748 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 64424509470 (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 -138216342551346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2074049715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46206272146	104% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 165 Mixed 166 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.2 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,299x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	881x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	744x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16