MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	219% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 14:56
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 450 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.8 85% 105 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 100 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,258 342% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29.3 175% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 26.7 40% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 254%
Apacer A7202 64GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 60GB free Firmware: VBM1901Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 44274 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3096 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 75 75 1510 (B2) Unknown 52 52 29 (B3) Unknown 96 96 77 (B4) Unknown 96 96 1843 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 52 52 31 (E9) Unknown 95 95 180080083	31.8% Below average	Read 217 Write 141 Mixed 172 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 8.72 4K Mixed 6.37 48% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 8.34 DQ Mixed 4.16 7% 13.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 32%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3869777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 99686190981340 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2654 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3869777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3869777 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3869777 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 35593 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33252 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33252 (F2) Unknown 0 0 50836	58.4% Above average	Read 450 Write 73.8 Mixed 127 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 17.1 110% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 13.6 31% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 502GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1874 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12966 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 146 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.34 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 140 Write 51.7 Mixed 63.3 92% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.95 120% 3.31 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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