MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime11.8 Days
Run DateMay 04 '20 at 15:19
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 142
2-Core 268
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 720
73% 589 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 112
Parallax 92.7
89% 105 fps
MRender 94.9
Gravity 99.1
Splatting 100
80% 98 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Braveeagle 240GB 240GB
52GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 293 279 280 281 281 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 464
Mixed 444
SusWrite 311
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 54.4
184% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 114
149% 267 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 111%
Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 55 60 66 76 91 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
62% Good
Read 150
Write 147
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 66
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 62%
Great: 112%
hp v195b 16GB
9GB free, PID b707
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.5 7.3 6.7 7.3 7.3 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
4.72% Terrible
Read 7.2
Write 4.2
Mixed 0.3
SusWrite 6.8
6% 4.62 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
34% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 4.72%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
78.2% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 23.4
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 98%

 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 5,554 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: 85% - Excellent Total price: $798
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