MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 09:02
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 761 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 199 Parallax 179 147% 186 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 180 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,184 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,282 351% 1,591 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.6 206% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 174 191% 328 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 54 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 42 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 348093970	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 408 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 51.2 190% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 128 146% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Fujitsu MHY2250BH 250GB-$34 1,194 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 99GB free Firmware: 890B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 122848 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 53280768 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 11290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3224 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5162 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 201863462912 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580609 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 22741339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 51049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 79 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 426967040 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 19726 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 2628532239678 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	29.6% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 51.2 Mixed 38.7 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 119%

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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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Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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