MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	101% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 12:18
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 586 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 106% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vert EX4 512GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1304 (E8) Unknown 100 100 101045117929 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 468 Mixed 442 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22.3 136% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 70.9 115% 220 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GB 448 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 237GB free Firmware: EMT22L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2254 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 433 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 45 (AE) Unknown 99 99 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 750 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 16399727 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6717 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7053 (F9) Unknown 99 99 11520	102% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 295 Mixed 372 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 38 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 109 138% 246 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 17960 (03) Spinup time 93 82 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 667542312 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2407 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295033043 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 689373225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2906 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 4 17960 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41330470269263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1986830652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1424483873	64.9% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 88.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.47 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 788GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1184 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4958150036 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2399 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180328093 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 655818791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2893 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 1184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 30 1709 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130287832904158 (F1) Unknown 100 253 658365568 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3235928397	60.7% Good	Read 118 Write 93.6 Mixed 87.4 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.69 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 6.1 Mixed 7.36 11% 9.68 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.006 2% 0.06 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 107%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $959

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