MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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	250% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 19:45
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 746 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 104 94% 112 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.7 79% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^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 100 100 132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 191 (94) Unknown 100 100 11036 (95) Unknown 100 100 201 (96) Unknown 100 100 10 (97) Unknown 100 100 159 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5074 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47473098883109 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15699 (F2) Unknown 100 100 70403 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29968 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22072 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 254 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 24 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 47.1 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: P0121AA 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 207 (94) Unknown 100 100 11344 (95) Unknown 100 100 198 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 164 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6702 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50784501825574 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18965 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16162 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39583 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22688 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	79.1% Very good	Read 496 Write 255 Mixed 270 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 24.1 110% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 47.5 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 92%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2190531167653 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 40 257698037813 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2065881956833 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 687 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13696 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3938 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2898 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.7% Very good	Read 496 Write 249 Mixed 334 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 5.67 95% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 6.14 63% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$108 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 183GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6210 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1161 (B1) Unknown 99 99 42 (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 61 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14581228216	122% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 501 Mixed 515 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.8 176% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 173 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 1,115 Mixed 1,188 333% 1,517 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.2 237% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 187 205% 352 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$108 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 73GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6427 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1251 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7223468609	120% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 499 Mixed 517 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.8 171% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 167 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 865GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829623 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1463 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2292 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 201864314919 (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 200 200 1	97.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 173 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 407GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120650008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 318000 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (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 589496355 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 52 120650008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 93.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 384GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115006471 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147679329 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2624 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 656867367 (C2) HDA temperature 39 55 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 13 115006471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 89 11632 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54254026865803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1652345216 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1495147451	57.6% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 104 Mixed 107 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.57 108% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 309GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85259746 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101235509 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 102 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 17179869220 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 33 85259746 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.1% Above average	Read 84.3 Write 93.8 Mixed 84.9 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 115%

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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	3,277x
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	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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