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MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A63
MotherboardMSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63)  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161201
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 13 '17 at 00:12
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$120
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 134
2-Core 263
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 403
8-Core 476
57% 440 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 120
Parallax 115
88% 114 fps
MRender 91.8
Gravity 101
Splatting 84.2
75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268
711GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 211
Write 180
Mixed 171
140% 187 MB/s
4K Read 1.02
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.44
172% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 112%
Great: 117%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$24
83GB free
Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
31.3% Below average
Read 55.3
Write 53.2
Mixed 50.8
40% 53.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.37
94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 31.3%
Great: 69%
Mass Storage Device 32GB
28GB free, PID 121f
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
17% Very poor
Read 22
Write 18.6
Mixed 16
23% 18.9 MB/s
4K Read 6.36
4K Write 2.67
4K Mixed 2.02
183% 3.68 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 17%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 26.1
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 24.7
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 53.8
74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 101%

 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 5,841 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $658
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