MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	249% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 252 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 685 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 93% 114 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,271 Write 1,406 Mixed 1,489 381% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 42 210% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 195 158% 213 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 283%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 85GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4158026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -31490700208989 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 48 60132687907 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 60132687907 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4158026 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4158026 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4158026 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 677 (EA) Unknown 0 0 822 (F1) Unknown 0 0 822 (F2) Unknown 0 0 631 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2162707	73.6% Very good	Read 512 Write 193 Mixed 266 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 14 122% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 99.6 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 11.3 49% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 77GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6479 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 96 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1515874874	122% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 502 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 43.3 179% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 159 173% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 196GB free Firmware: AY000U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 28807 (0A) Spinup retry count 203 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 671490 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108758565 (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 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 68 68 12874 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	38.9% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 61 Mixed 70.3 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 61%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (10) Unknown 2 198 37357098129 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 38 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 44 (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	63.5% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 101 Write 86.3 Mixed 25 82% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.17 37% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 42%
ADATA SV620 240GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 218GB free, PID a65a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 326 Write 306 Mixed 315 404% 315 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 12.2 1,783% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 25.8 DQ Mixed 14.4 1,454% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.5 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 28.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 102%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $959

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