MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	28.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 307 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 857 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB CLim: 1391 MHz, MLim: 1589 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.6 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 34.1 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 7% 9.34 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -106721346460269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 692 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 692 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1191891 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1191891 (F2) Unknown 100 100 966838 (F9) Unknown 100 100 42522	85.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 189 Mixed 274 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 22 147% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 78.4 107% 196 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 181 176 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 641 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25530 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 36 (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	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 730GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 180 5500 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 426 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143778 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	56.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 99.5 Mixed 86.3 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 69GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 45GB free, PID 00ad, PNY Turbo 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD64GTBOP-GE Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 116 Write 38.4 Mixed 82.3 90% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.07 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.97 97% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 103%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,295x
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	879x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
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 $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 $269	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 $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