MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	38%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 418 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 46 31% 39.4 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 39.7 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 100 100 912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 75 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 51312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 130 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 249266 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 214442 (F5) Unknown 100 100 410496	97.8% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 367 Mixed 428 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 36.4 138% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 72.5 108% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2533 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1984 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 24 (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	98.5% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 154 Mixed 155 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 289GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206607182 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39930619 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1954 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229988 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454164507 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 206607182 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72172630455125 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3614611517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2419222687	60.6% Good	Read 114 Write 97.4 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.54 120% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB 1,181 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.7% Terrible	Read 5.55 Write 5.05 Mixed 4.62 6% 5.08 MB/s	4K Read 3.19 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 13% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.7% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 29.9 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%

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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