MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics115% 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 Drive96.5% 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)
Memory6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161027
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateDec 10 '19 at 12:18
Run Duration212 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th 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 above expectations (72nd percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 91.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 252
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 670
69% 558 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 153
Reflection 172
Parallax 156
125% 161 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 160
Splatting 115
106% 131 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 115%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1007C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 376 392 377 211 387 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 397
Mixed 303
SusWrite 353
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 38.2
138% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 199
172% 255 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 105%
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: SS0411BB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1553 1709 1733 1869 1933 1834 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
357% Outstanding
Read 2445
Write 1,997
Mixed 166
SusWrite 1,772
355% 1,595 MB/s
4K Read 58.6
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 86.6
294% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,397
DQ Write 1,271
DQ Mixed 580
642% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 357%
Great: 370%
Adata S510 120GB
112GB free
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 141 139 142 141 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 400
Write 160
Mixed 205
SusWrite 141
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 38.4
153% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 128
107% 155 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.7% Good
MC Read 25.1
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 20
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 20.3
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 65.5
61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 65.7%
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 5,576 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: $745
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