MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	209% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 12:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 716 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 207 Parallax 185 154% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 181 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 190GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 1801 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2597 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 184684773409 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14641330714 (F7) Unknown 100 100 457973994 (F8) Unknown 100 100 192431159	101% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 397 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 33.1 140% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 66.3 111% 217 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 1,136 Mixed 1,177 296% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 35.2 185% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 127 161% 291 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7021 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 529 (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 99 99 722 (0A) Spinup retry count 110 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 612 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864708132 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 221 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 573 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 134 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.33 161% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 98%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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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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