MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	257% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 17:40
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 767 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 201 Parallax 177 151% 188 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 238GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3590 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1236 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 502 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283468300321 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 43 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3597 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2268 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3425 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	92.5% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 426 Mixed 385 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 25 134% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 48.8 85% 168 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3790 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1163 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15044868780	96.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 343 Mixed 356 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 26.9 143% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 81.1 121% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,377 Mixed 1,252 342% 1,548 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 50.2 225% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 465 DQ Mixed 240 264% 447 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12498 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 280 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149389 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	41.2% Average	Read 259 Write 74.8 Mixed 123 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 6.45 74% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 45.8 56% 100 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 482456 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 443041 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 68 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1269 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29403346107010 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5154721009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91047397557	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 184 Mixed 121 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.66 199% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,283x
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	743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	588x

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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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