MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	89% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 494 59% 455 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 94% 111 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10454 (A5) Unknown 100 100 49 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (94) Unknown 100 100 10775 (95) Unknown 100 100 337 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 316 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 57 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 62608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58849 (F5) Unknown 100 100 167264	89% Excellent	Read 499 Write 337 Mixed 350 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 29.5 126% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 59.8 93% 176 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 312GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 280 (03) Spinup time 116 102 7166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48484 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	50.2% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 86.8 Mixed 72.6 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.04 18% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 402GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 88.6 Write 85.1 Mixed 65.7 100% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 107%

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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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Value: 68% - Good

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 $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