MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics122% 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 Drive172% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171120
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateJun 11 '21 at 09:04
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 63%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
66.7% Good
Memory 67.3
1-Core 123
2-Core 217
75% 136 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 730
64% 542 Pts
64-Core 754
47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 240
Parallax 174
137% 194 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 169
Splatting 109
107% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 627 623 627 622 621 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,227
Write 1,163
Mixed 744
SusWrite 658
212% 948 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 60.8
4K Mixed 35.2
125% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,152
DQ Write 865
DQ Mixed 897
701% 972 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 172%
Great: 259%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
158GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 449 396 293 292 292 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Read 392
Write 386
Mixed 382
SusWrite 362
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 51.3
4K Mixed 36.3
115% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 353
267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 128%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
2TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 184 185 184 186 187 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 153
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 186
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
79.3% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 21.7
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 99%

 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 5,530 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: $968
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HDDRAMUSB
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