MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20161201
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 14 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration188 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 89.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 227
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 449
61% 453 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 107
Parallax 96.2
90% 104 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 96.6
78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 8,058
Write 7,072
Mixed 7,159
1,657% 7,430 MB/s
4K Read 922
4K Write 210
4K Mixed 327
1,927% 486 MB/s
DQ Read 2,335
DQ Write 501
DQ Mixed 1,510
1,085% 1,449 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193
7GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 302
Write 211
Mixed 153
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 15
77% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 103
89% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
WD Green 500GB (2012)
220GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 126 125 124 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74.5% Very good
Read 135
Write 131
Mixed 85
SusWrite 124
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 79%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
931GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 140 141 140 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 141
Write 144
Mixed 71
SusWrite 140
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 33.2
MC Mixed 28.5
88% 30.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 23.9
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 91%

 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 5,538 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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HDDRAMUSB
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