MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive99.2% 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170627
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 12 '20 at 12:21
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU 100%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 93.3
2-Core 190
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 697
65% 540 Pts
64-Core 715
44% 715 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2567 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 141
Parallax 124
102% 130 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 138
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 301 304 305 305 302 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 314
Mixed 284
SusWrite 304
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 37.7
154% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 233
203% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 129%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76
111GB free
Firmware: X31200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 134 192 132 133 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 435
Mixed 304
SusWrite 174
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 45.1
165% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 250
204% 290 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 93%
WD Green 500GB (2012)
207GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 105
Write 102
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 106
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 36.2
MC Mixed 27.7
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 12.3
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 109%

 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 5,538 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: $959
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