MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 827 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB; palit 1080 gamerock premium CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 156 Parallax 140 124% 150 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3264 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 600 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6061417652	118% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.6 192% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 122 142% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2207 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 27 (AD) Unknown 100 100 170393937 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16200994	34.7% Below average	Read 175 Write 16.1 Mixed 121 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 5.18 85% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 86.5 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 3.55 21% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139377745 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4888437741 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6086 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 592714530997 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 605618210 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 34359738402 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 15 139377745 (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 -30644591613329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2769561367 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2813622304	65.8% Good	Read 111 Write 119 Mixed 105 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.62 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 20835237 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25722363 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 605552673 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2099 (C2) HDA temperature 33 10 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 20835237 (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 12094627908485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13199053842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9390407221	92.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 113 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 32 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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