MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 09:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 284 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 847 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 1875 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 126 Parallax 126 99% 125 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 112 Splatting 90.2 82% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q 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 99 99 3139 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1366 (B1) Unknown 98 98 67 (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 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 278 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12291499367	97.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 359 Mixed 404 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 22.2 135% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 68.8 128% 257 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 232707011 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3176536 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -35802847379404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 90194313249 (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 -95601677041612 (F1) Unknown 100 253 664938833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4694734612 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.3% Above average	Read 120 Write 86.1 Mixed 78.2 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.67 172% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $265Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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