MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 17:46
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 236 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 650 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 66.9 65% 75.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 69.4 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7821 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 92 92 145 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2883669 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5342	64.1% Good	Read 502 Write 40.6 Mixed 429 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 8.22 115% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 11.2 67% 147 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 841GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388115888 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4302 (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 99 99 7813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4302 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274445853 (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	67.5% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.24 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 107%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 8008 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 6 6 583891 (C2) HDA temperature 122 85 30 (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	33.1% Below average	Read 52 Write 63 Mixed 66.3 46% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 2,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 90%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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 $76Bench 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: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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