MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% 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	96.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 22:34
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 766 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 95 90% 107 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.6 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 950 (B1) Unknown 96 1 202 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69768882215	96.7% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 168 Mixed 267 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.3 175% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 108 125% 220 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 40GB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206286215 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 127644444 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4603 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 241 (BE) vendor-specific 53 42 -3471310801 (C2) HDA temperature 47 58 25769803823 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 206286215 (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 -137310104421864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4139721579 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1406421732	34.8% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 60.2 Mixed 54.5 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 393217 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 38686294501 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5845 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10379 (C2) HDA temperature 115 115 274879021108 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 3	27.4% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 46.1 Mixed 55.1 38% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 40%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 25GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 2359344 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790120246 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4353 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10725 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 270584119340 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.8% Above average	Read 79.3 Write 112 Mixed 93.3 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.38 79% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 106 7325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4499 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 506541 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.2% Average	Read 80.1 Write 70.2 Mixed 80 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 57%
SanDisk SDSSDA12 120GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 5GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 37.4 Mixed 205 214% 209 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 3.95 1,764% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 5.44 2,475% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 187%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $160Bench 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 $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