MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.93% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	37%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 191 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 570 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.55% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 3.54 Parallax 6.09 5% 5.18 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 9.8 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.93% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.38 6% 8.41 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 PRO SSD 128GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0517A0 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (A0) Unknown 100 100 6 (A1) Unknown 100 100 98 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42362 (A5) Unknown 100 100 132 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 78 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 149223 (F2) Unknown 100 100 162196 (F5) Unknown 100 100 219058	82.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 423 Mixed 465 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 5.03 103% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 91.9 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 4.94 59% 132 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 301GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 835 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 167504904227 (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	69.9% Good	Read 106 Write 138 Mixed 153 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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