MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600T 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 426 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 M360 1,374 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 2B51) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 13.9 10% 13.8 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ezlink SIGMA 120GB SSD PLUS 2 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1763 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 171 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2555909 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 115 115 8728084630 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2025 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24614642688 (EA) Unknown 100 100 45035063104 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7274584811 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7234433684	92.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 411 Mixed 458 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 25.4 137% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 28.2 59% 113 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 93%
WD WD1000FYPS-01ZKB0 1TB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free Firmware: 02.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 44 7791 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26755 (C2) HDA temperature 123 88 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.6% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 66 49% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 67%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,290x
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	878x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	159x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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