MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.4% 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	103% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 787 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A63) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.66 6% 8.92 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1505 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 880 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 77 53 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 248 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12073363110	103% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 489 Mixed 504 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.5 162% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 26.9 36% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 312GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3797 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24260 (C2) HDA temperature 129 105 18 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 97 Mixed 79.1 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 187GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 81 159000294 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 69 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 279756598 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 67 37 33851 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16625 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295037242 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 40 223658311699 (C2) HDA temperature 19 60 17179869203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 37 159000294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89335319720080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 982259555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3819643010	53.1% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 91.5 Mixed 88.3 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.61 122% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 5.29 Mixed 7.75 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 40% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 27.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 26.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 107%

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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	3,289x
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	877x
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 $92Bench 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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Total price: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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