MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	76.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 535 72% 535 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 95% 112 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 240GB-$30 461 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 100 100 510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 27591 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 3459 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172448 (F2) Unknown 100 100 195653 (F5) Unknown 100 100 110364	76.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 258 Mixed 243 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 27.1 106% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 53.9 82% 159 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 101GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2268 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 43 10284 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4774 (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 16167 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 436 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3989 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9882876 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180388757540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 55 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 436 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5360	45.3% Average	Read 68.7 Write 89.2 Mixed 27.4 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 34.7 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 33.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	Latency 44.2 91% 44.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 128%

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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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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