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MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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

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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$135 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 576 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68 64% 75 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 72 Splatting 71.1 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 383GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 247081151	108% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.7 168% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 122 135% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1505 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 342 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23151152472 (F2) Unknown 99 99 29856216021	95.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 387 Mixed 415 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 24.7 149% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 42.7 72% 131 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 107%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 185GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (64) Unknown 100 100 6664333 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 100 (B2) Unknown 100 100 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 274 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5198 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 64427589660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 17 2 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 53932562976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3835160773 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4699891987 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2485948	86% Excellent	Read 514 Write 239 Mixed 322 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 16.3 132% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 17.2 89% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 86%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 115GB free Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131048042135588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 37 94491705372 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9894 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4846 (F9) Unknown 100 100 263	72.7% Very good	Read 472 Write 167 Mixed 228 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 10.8 120% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 10.7 66% 154 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$90 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 214GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4174784 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2212683 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3984 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 8 4174784 (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 -86079734541961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2832335429 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1505464428	50.1% Above average	Read 80.9 Write 93.8 Mixed 75.4 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 29.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,437x
Core i5-7600KIntel $135Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	941x
Core i7-6700KIntel $165Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	343x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	918x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	770x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	605x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	287x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	254x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $74Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	547x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	136x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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