MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.1% 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	75% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 14:15
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 848 88% 707 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2167 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 95% 114 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 73GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6012 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3491 (B1) Unknown 97 97 79 (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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5077 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24604860334	103% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 460 Mixed 495 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 28.6 158% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 78.8 89% 142 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8532 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4220 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 239 (B2) Unknown 95 95 202 (B3) Unknown 95 95 388 (B4) Unknown 95 95 7676 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1697 (E8) Unknown 95 95 3830 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20928733675 (F2) Unknown 99 99 41423640414	75% Very good	Read 485 Write 360 Mixed 416 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 21.4 104% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 72.2 52% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 406GB free Firmware: CC4G 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 115 99 95704960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60678931 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1393 (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 68 56 571867168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27921 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 64424509472 (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 -68032281966664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -135009895091696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19214093784021	63.3% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 113 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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 (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 28.7 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 31.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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