MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 513 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 75.3 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 71.8 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (64) Unknown 100 100 6778480 (65) Unknown 100 100 1717088 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 3996 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 671 (B7) Unknown 88 88 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 197569347620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 268 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 268 (E7) Temperature 88 88 12 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12957 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10058 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7239 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 268	63.6% Good	Read 468 Write 188 Mixed 215 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 10.3 85% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 26.4 68% 148 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 715GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 104699075 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16795928 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (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 65 60 588578851 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 510 (C2) HDA temperature 35 10 42949672995 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 104699075 (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 -135416023874308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3546767604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9004186770	93.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 154 Mixed 135 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,300x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	881x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	744x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	589x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16