MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.3% 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	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 13:12
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 838 90% 713 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2167 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 95% 114 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 26GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6253 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3549 (B1) Unknown 97 97 80 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5077 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24967465709	111% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 449 Mixed 478 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 28.8 161% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 76.6 127% 247 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8801 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4278 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 241 (B2) Unknown 95 95 202 (B3) Unknown 95 95 388 (B4) Unknown 95 95 7676 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1697 (E8) Unknown 95 95 3830 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21322469894 (F2) Unknown 99 99 42098849473	77.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 343 Mixed 356 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 19.3 98% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 12.9 51% 119 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 405GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201742192 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61273178 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1451 (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 71 56 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30019 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 64424509469 (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 86324547684373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -134610169124988 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23179601030880	67.1% Good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 29.9 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 34.6 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	3,298x
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