MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	95.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 19:27
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 840 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 199 Parallax 177 142% 184 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 256GB 2,573 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225L Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 71 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 79 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 92523 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36584 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113876	95.1% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 283 Mixed 366 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.9 151% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 66.8 101% 188 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 60946473 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 47634442371 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 5656 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 471072795 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 6323 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2832 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 60946473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 5804	84.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 139 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.57 133% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 32.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 109%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,294x
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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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