MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	283% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 154 2-Core 276 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 764 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 156 Parallax 144 123% 150 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,734 Write 1,338 Mixed 1,404 401% 1,825 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 50.6 242% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 191 210% 357 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 254%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 1444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274642463 (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 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2358814689 (F7) Unknown 100 100 73770704 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6936743	98.1% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 401 Mixed 386 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.9 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 38.1 93% 194 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 105%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163209805853 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13817677448 (F7) Unknown 100 100 418117228 (F8) Unknown 100 100 683931683	89% Excellent	Read 500 Write 261 Mixed 345 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.9 135% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 52.8 102% 206 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 22893128 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 62572 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (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 77 70 387055639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 209 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 96718368538648 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1796113597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9180455	85.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 147 Mixed 145 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 270GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236002296 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18161078 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (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 77 62 30451826711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29047 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (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 -47257525156408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10703611328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13037206509	93.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 159 Mixed 124 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 68GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 253 Write 207 Mixed 201 274% 220 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 4.74 572% 8.81 MB/s	DQ Read 11 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 4.78 596% 9.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,292x
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	879x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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