MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% 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	83.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 806 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3753) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.3 93% 109 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282212 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14598669624 (F7) Unknown 100 100 457124363 (F8) Unknown 100 100 154971857 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1927 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	83.6% Excellent	Read 485 Write 295 Mixed 339 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 25.5 119% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 35.1 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 99%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 100 100 1780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1720 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 305 (94) Unknown 100 100 516815 (95) Unknown 100 100 7314 (96) Unknown 100 100 7169 (97) Unknown 100 100 7279 (A4) Unknown 100 100 207144 (A5) Unknown 100 100 185 (A6) Unknown 100 100 99 (A7) Unknown 100 100 162 (A9) Unknown 100 100 84 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46356323041313 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 824767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 713414 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1223444 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1033630 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 255 Mixed 267 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 23.9 113% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 42.4 76% 150 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 752GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5606 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5053 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 137 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.37 149% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 30.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 105%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,282x
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 $76Bench 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: $968

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 $46

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