MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive201% 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)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateJan 29 '21 at 19:08
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 89.7
1-Core 137
2-Core 269
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 599
72% 556 Pts
64-Core 680
42% 680 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80% Excellent
Lighting 98.5
Reflection 108
Parallax 102
80% 103 fps
MRender 91.3
Gravity 101
Splatting 97.8
80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv1t02 NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
635GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AFDA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 834 746 795 730 812 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,322
Write 559
Mixed 520
SusWrite 792
177% 798 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 49.6
179% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,364
DQ Write 628
DQ Mixed 316
415% 769 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 201%
Great: 246%
2.5" SATA SSD 3ME 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: S130710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 229 251 254 260 259 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
44% Average
Read 396
Write 280
Mixed 195
SusWrite 252
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 2.7
47% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 44%
Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
789GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 182 182 186 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 76.8
Mixed 74.1
SusWrite 184
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.4% Above average
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 19.9
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 15.9
SC Mixed 17.7
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 59.4%
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 5,551 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: $948
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HDDRAMUSB
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