MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	74.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 295 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 808 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 117% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 144GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3203 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1362 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 71 (A9) Unknown 100 100 321 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 103 442382876719 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 80 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6516 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3692 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6254 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.6% Excellent	Read 423 Write 349 Mixed 405 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 18.9 138% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 17.1 80% 182 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 99%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 90	74.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 340 Mixed 349 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 9.82 109% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 9.87 22% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 879GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174786935 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 232650323 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 174786935 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 72 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26444113612057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2151988443 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3983727229	69% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 25.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,314x
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 $45Bench 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 $293	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 $45	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