MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics119% 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 Drive257% 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)
Memory20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime7.8 Days
Run DateMay 06 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$88
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 133
2-Core 266
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 527
66% 504 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
119% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 161
Parallax 133
128% 150 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 183
Splatting 126
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 564 306 306 304 303 303 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
257% Outstanding
Read 2,446
Write 1,420
Mixed 1,305
SusWrite 348
305% 1,380 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 167
4K Mixed 81.8
281% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 966
DQ Write 1,327
DQ Mixed 990
792% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 257%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
21GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 67 59 57 58 56 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84% Excellent
Read 506
Write 354
Mixed 338
SusWrite 82.8
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 38.8
160% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 110
112% 187 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 84%
Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33
167GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 95 95 95 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
50.3% Above average
Read 80.5
Write 82.2
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 94.1
60% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB
2496, 2496, 2496 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
64.3% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 20.2
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 22
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 64.3%
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 5,581 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: $748
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HDDRAMUSB
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