MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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

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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 04:32
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 571 77% 573 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 78.7 68% 83.2 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 68.1 61% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (AF) Unknown 100 100 485573395048 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 79 369623060 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1278125 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 92 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3694 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1278125 (F2) Unknown 100 100 718770	115% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 485 Mixed 482 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.1 167% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 144 157% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 106 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,317x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	884x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	527x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16