MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	80.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 07:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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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-$170 195,006 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)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 576 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 122% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$81 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 321GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2859 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11004 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 73 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1305679560862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 11003 (C2) HDA temperature 68 229 549748932640 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 407 Mixed 438 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 30.2 145% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 58.1 113% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2781 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1087 (B1) Unknown 94 94 26 (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 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11908489893	80.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 275 Mixed 276 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 17.9 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 28.9 69% 147 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 507GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 38.4 Mixed 37.9 49% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 2x8GB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 26 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 77%

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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	3,344x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	917x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	336x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	890x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	755x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	592x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	280x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	247x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	163x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	533x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

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