MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	262% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 02:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 212 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 757 72% 598 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.7 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 70.9 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 1,237 Mixed 1,344 368% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 50.6 236% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 173 194% 334 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 36GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -110432198200632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1838 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1347 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 324203 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 324203 (F2) Unknown 100 100 489736 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10837	58.2% Above average	Read 440 Write 71.3 Mixed 115 45% 209 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 17.6 112% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 98.8 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 27.1 36% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 775GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179486792 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 141811400561 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 12886148319 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 555221021 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52206 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 34359738397 (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 -18588618452707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17069901588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24623171568	68.9% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 96.7 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.91 4K Mixed 0.52 233% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 63149048 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 57 34460389613 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 555155486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3451 (C2) HDA temperature 30 6 25769803806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 63149048 (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 35540854381642 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15113069452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21591101932	66.9% Good	Read 106 Write 128 Mixed 112 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 3x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 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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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