MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive263% 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)
Memory21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 21 '20 at 22:11
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 263
87% 159 Pts
4-Core 521
8-Core 518
70% 519 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2792 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 172
Parallax 137
134% 158 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 188
Splatting 132
121% 150 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 310 312 310 310 305 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
263% Outstanding
Read 2,451
Write 1,472
Mixed 1,263
SusWrite 362
306% 1,387 MB/s
4K Read 62.1
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 86.8
293% 105 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 1,347
DQ Mixed 1,012
807% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 263%
Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
21GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 493
Write 373
Mixed 156
75% 340 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 44.5
165% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 105
127% 223 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$44
112GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 82 82 82 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
52.9% Above average
Read 102
Write 99.7
Mixed 104
SusWrite 81.6
72% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB
2340, 2340, 2340 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
70.2% Very good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 23.1
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 20.1
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 70.2%
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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