MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 83.1%, 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 Drive88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180703
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJul 10 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 48%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 131
2-Core 228
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 636
62% 509 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 132
105% 133 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 131
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 128 132 131 132 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 1,552
Write 125
Mixed 224
SusWrite 130
108% 508 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 10.9
64% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 216%
Kingston SUV400S37960G 960GB
475GB free
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 30 35 34 36 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
75% Very good
Read 228
Write 44.7
Mixed 11.5
SusWrite 33.7
57% 79.5 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.8
217% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 75%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
MC Read 32
MC Write 35.7
MC Mixed 29.6
93% 32.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 36.7
SC Mixed 25.8
78% 27.3 GB/s
Latency 55.6
72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 103%

 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 5,542 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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