MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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

7 years ago, 7 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 784 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1702 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1001 (B1) Unknown 99 99 22 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 254 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12990414621	104% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 510 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 29 162% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 28.7 40% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 159GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 165 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3916 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1909 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26622 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 29 (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	55.8% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.2 Mixed 88.7 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 152GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 81 228872244 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 69 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 279756598 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 67 37 33970 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16625 (BC) Unknown 100 95 8590070075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 223860424735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 17179869215 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 37 228872244 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93243740033328 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3823313258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3686387531	40.2% Average	Read 68 Write 71.7 Mixed 70.6 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.61 126% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 27.2 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 30.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,298x
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	880x
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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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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Value: 68% - Good

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 $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