MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

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System	MSI MS-7A63
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 21:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 168 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 522 50% 413 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 296GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (A5) Unknown 100 100 851976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 180389675044 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 138 (EA) Unknown 100 100 174 (F1) Unknown 253 253 161 (F2) Unknown 253 253 155 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 265 Mixed 259 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 22 123% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 24.5 86% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 108%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10506742 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 89086211663151 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3036 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 486 (B1) Unknown 0 0 89 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 52 47248048163 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 47248048163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10506742 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10506742 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10506742 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40374 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32633 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32633 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16174	69.5% Good	Read 482 Write 177 Mixed 240 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15.8 126% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 15.4 29% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 1,228 Mixed 1,197 336% 1,527 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 24.6 176% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 28.3 66% 129 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 847GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141649864 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11562825 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 571932701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5832 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 55834574877 (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 70312909605672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14578848082 (F2) Unknown 100 253 190362461380	87% Excellent	Read 132 Write 170 Mixed 123 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.49 175% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 284GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125183512 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8619936651 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3602 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 17751736352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44538 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 -140737488355296 (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 19082539703115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20826480000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42039140046	93.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 167 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 114%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 105%

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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 $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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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 $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