MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 152 2-Core 270 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 819 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 138 Parallax 110 107% 127 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 141GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 36673 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5526 (B1) Unknown 85 85 178 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 74 42 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 27 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4652 (F1) Unknown 99 99 109354874429	87.2% Excellent	Read 502 Write 339 Mixed 354 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 24.6 114% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 83.8 115% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 118%
Adata SU800NS38 256GB 10,211 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 54571 (A5) Unknown 100 100 154 (A6) Unknown 100 100 53 (A7) Unknown 100 100 108 (94) Unknown 100 100 61119 (95) Unknown 100 100 1831 (96) Unknown 100 100 1670 (97) Unknown 100 100 1797 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 390 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 389 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 445749 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 445749 (F2) Unknown 100 100 366899 (F5) Unknown 100 100 873136	79.1% Very good	Read 505 Write 334 Mixed 350 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 24.6 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 55.8 84% 158 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 168 168 17193828589 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2985 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2985 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 176094904348 (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	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 174 Mixed 171 131% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.16 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 610GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172239992 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11045 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 1791139064460 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4711 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 95 146031247401 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 32 4608954531867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 4 4 192738 (C2) HDA temperature 27 68 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 12 172239992 (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 -131675107336075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3826872178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2118559238	81.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 128 Mixed 115 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46% Average	Read 78.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 20.5 70% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.67 4K Mixed 0.38 208% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x8GB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2717 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.1 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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 $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 $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: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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