MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 03:17
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 881 93% 746 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 218 Parallax 212 162% 210 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 195 Splatting 138 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 465GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34382676266 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 747 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 261994053659 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 365074972757 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3024 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6126 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5756 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11556 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 501 Write 351 Mixed 329 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 20.1 135% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 13.6 42% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 969 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23192478293	123% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.4 202% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 28.7 105% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 664GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 331 (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 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 142 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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 (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% 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