MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	85.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 06:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 264 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 779 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 207 Parallax 182 154% 193 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 242GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7340107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 66 283469217833 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90195230741 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 748 (EA) Unknown 100 100 820 (F1) Unknown 253 253 792 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1065 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 224 Mixed 286 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 20.3 94% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 46 95% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 103%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 84 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4159 (C2) HDA temperature 69 51 210454446111 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 62 (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 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10057423589 (F7) Unknown 100 100 317932445 (F8) Unknown 100 100 101229914 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1863 (D2) Unknown 100 100 34	85.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 324 Mixed 340 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 26.3 115% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 46.9 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 197993299 (03) Spinup time 89 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119080224 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27376121545141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (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 65 59 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 714 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 197993299 (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 -137791140789838 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9060046794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1183454462	121% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 206 Mixed 180 151% 201 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 4.53 4K Mixed 0.4 180% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 106%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,309x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	331x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	882x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	748x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	590x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	160x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	523x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16