MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 23:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 200 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 594 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB6S-256G-1006 256GB 2,611 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3511006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42951966721 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 877 (C2) HDA temperature 61 54 116736786471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2375150469673 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.8% Very good	Read 477 Write 302 Mixed 337 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 14.1 107% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 16.5 44% 87.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 422GB free Firmware: 3.CHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 72 72 28824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 620479325 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 84 84 16877 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 57 118627959 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	43.2% Average	Read 73.5 Write 76.8 Mixed 70.6 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 335GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 63 14222965 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1288282 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (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 69 56 572194847 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1639 (C2) HDA temperature 31 19 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 14222965 (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 -45445048957610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1641767597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 372637562	82.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 137 Mixed 133 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 81%

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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	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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