MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.9% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 702 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 12.6 12% 12.6 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 12.7 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20328 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 997 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11437320068	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 417 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.5 185% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 106 140% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 217197970 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2293441 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21968757719147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 65 62 639172643 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 65 217197970 (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 131872675856436 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2386579547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1423895397	81.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 124 Mixed 74.4 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 5.93 4K Mixed 0.68 352% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684787142 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 300 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176095297574 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 148 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.45 131% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 71.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.34 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.15 180% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 173%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 37374347 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12124502 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 77025943489572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (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 69 62 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4759 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 64 37374347 (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 117677808944835 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10928360311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22219584318
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 46GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	Read 42.7 Write 6.33 Mixed 12.1 19% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.15 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 31% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 86%

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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	3,283x
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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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