MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.9% 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 Drive83.8% 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.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161027
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateSep 14 '17 at 07:50
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 119
2-Core 235
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 461
62% 461 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 109
Parallax 107
87% 107 fps
MRender 94.5
Gravity 95.3
Splatting 96.9
78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$80
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 497
Write 332
Mixed 299
83% 376 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 77
4K Mixed 12.9
114% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 309
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 13.5
75% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB
665GB free
Firmware: 0108
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
23.2% Poor
Read 39.1
Write 40.2
Mixed 34.2
28% 37.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 4.69
4K Mixed 0.17
140% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 23.2%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 24.8
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 31.4
SC Mixed 23.8
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 60.2
66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 90%

 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 5,534 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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