MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.3% 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 Drive231% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161201
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 02 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Memory 97
1-Core 134
2-Core 259
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 746
77% 618 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 114
Parallax 98
85% 105 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
231% Outstanding
Read 1,457
Write 1,223
Mixed 1,302
296% 1,327 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 59.7
251% 97.9 MB/s
DQ Read 634
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 232
243% 407 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 231%
Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
213GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
99.7% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 349
Mixed 360
90% 406 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 81
4K Mixed 29.6
150% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 98
129% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 99.7%
Great: 126%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.7
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 23.9
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 25.8
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 50.4
79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) Builds (Compare 5,543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $959
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