MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 509 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.7 94% 111 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 110 100 1646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57 (A9) Unknown 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 206158430241 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9797 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7776 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5349	82.2% Excellent	Read 506 Write 365 Mixed 412 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 4.34 105% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 23.3 82% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 54 54 20397 (03) Spinup time 66 7 10388 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3456 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9033 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3880553 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 26866 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684445717 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3481	61% Good	Read 89.7 Write 123 Mixed 123 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 595GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9269 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 696 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24785 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 188979413013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1092	50.1% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 80.9 Mixed 81.1 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.45 77% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 136GB free Firmware: V5DOA73A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 30086070614 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3666 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6613 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6613 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 270583857178 (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 200 253 0	29.9% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 50.1 Mixed 54.5 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3300820SCE 300GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 110GB free Firmware: 3.ATE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 687001512 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 59190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4271 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 46 56263949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.2% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 62 Mixed 58.1 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.12 35% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,315x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	332x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	883x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	749x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	525x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	216x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	133x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16