MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive122% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateMar 02 '19 at 08:40
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 95.8
1-Core 131
2-Core 218
86% 148 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 425
61% 447 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 142
Parallax 132
105% 134 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 399 442 456 459 462 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 467
Mixed 449
SusWrite 436
104% 461 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 56.8
192% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 361
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146
3TB free
Firmware: FP1R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 177 180 182 177 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 188
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 179
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
457% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 26.4
86% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 26.2
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 54.7
73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 104%

 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 5,535 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: $960
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HDDRAMUSB
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