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 above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	86.6% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 00:45
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 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)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 773 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 100 100 808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1247 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 157 (A3) Unknown 100 100 42 (A4) Unknown 100 100 144230 (A5) Unknown 100 100 127 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 74 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 614 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 442025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 788828 (F5) Unknown 100 100 576920	86.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 262 Mixed 267 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 31.7 133% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 50.6 89% 179 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 577GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85903016 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24903989 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 61 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19964 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 27874337752588 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21148493250 (F2) Unknown 100 253 529790230466	96% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 169 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%
SONY WALKMAN 2GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 04c9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.67% Terrible	Read 10.6 Write 5.59 Mixed 6.81 9% 7.68 MB/s	4K Read 3.22 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 15% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 2x8GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2046 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 79%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,326x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	911x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	334x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	885x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	750x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	591x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	246x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	529x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	217x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	134x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16