MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 879 90% 727 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 65.8 60% 71.2 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 59.2 54% 67.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 6495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 743 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 94494916654 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141735952417 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18517669632 (EA) Unknown 100 100 53511324608 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11698298359 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17312771464	88.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 294 Mixed 371 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 25.9 148% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 25.3 62% 122 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 101GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2936904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -130120329189200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1523 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 184 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 247 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 34362818591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 34362818591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2936904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2936904 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2936904 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 1 1 219043332097 (E9) Unknown 0 0 169113 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 0 (F2) Unknown 0 0 0	47.8% Average	Read 426 Write 19.6 Mixed 39.1 34% 162 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 24.3 92% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 39.3 26% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 33.6 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

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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	3,290x
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	878x
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	244x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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