MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive243% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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)
Memory21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 28 '18 at 21:49
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 84.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 467
62% 466 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 195
Parallax 173
151% 184 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 176
Splatting 120
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 414 312 312 312 313 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
243% Outstanding
Read 1809
Write 1465
Mixed 1,062
SusWrite 475
268% 1,203 MB/s
4K Read 63.7
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 85
292% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 979
DQ Write 1,316
DQ Mixed 1011
802% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 243%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
112GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 68 60 59 58 57 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Read 478
Write 377
Mixed 329
SusWrite 84.2
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 40.5
161% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 116
128% 217 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$44
891GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 118 118 119 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
67.6% Good
Read 118
Write 113
Mixed 99.5
SusWrite 118
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.3% Above average
MC Read 19.7
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 18.3
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 19.1
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 80%

 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 5,594 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: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $753
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HDDRAMUSB
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