MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	119% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 766 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 143% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1473 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 456 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6346001367	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 51.4 190% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 131 151% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 322GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,918 Write 1,383 Mixed 1,185 331% 1,495 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 50.2 220% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 224 248% 421 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 30064771072 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 180390264872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 183 Mixed 172 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.52 160% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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	875x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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