MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	99.8% 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

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 885 96% 760 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 215 Parallax 192 143% 194 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 192 Splatting 133 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 517GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30086988061 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 747 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 261994053664 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 347894186065 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2904 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5862 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5507 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10700 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 499 Write 338 Mixed 325 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 19.5 132% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 24.3 46% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8043 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 911 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21902221299	99.8% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 28.6 171% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 29.2 39% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 654GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 237 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 144 Mixed 142 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.31 114% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 27.6 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 32.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,303x
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	745x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	589x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
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 $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $787

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16