MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.4% 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	81.7% 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	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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 617 82% 614 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 178 97% 129 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 128 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 100 100 644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32657 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 64 (94) Unknown 100 100 51518 (95) Unknown 100 100 1856 (96) Unknown 100 100 1660 (97) Unknown 100 100 1839 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108000 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75634 (F5) Unknown 100 100 261256	81.7% Excellent	Read 516 Write 216 Mixed 269 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 28.5 134% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 37 67% 129 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 29GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^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 19990 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1044 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 347 (AE) Unknown 100 100 368 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 44 240519217190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30155246152 (F7) Unknown 100 100 964405314 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1936626106	90.5% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 181 Mixed 257 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 34 159% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 49.8 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 36.9 Mixed 37.6 29% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.56 328% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 342GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1628 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4955 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4955 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159282208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 116 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 78 15642278 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 757800667 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 589037603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 49 23143726 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.6% Average	Read 70.7 Write 74.1 Mixed 66.7 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2814 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 27.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,534 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,281x
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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $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