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MSI Z270
Benchmark Results GAMING PRO
CARBON
3DMark Fire Strike
9899
Extreme
Graphics Score 10788
Physics Score 14036
PCMark 8

Creative Score 5957
SiSoftware Sandra 2016

Dhrystone AVX2 (GIPS) 207.15
Whetstone AVX 121.51
(GFLOPS)
Multi-Media Integer AVX2 588.79
x32 (Mpixels/s)

Multi-Media Long-int 213.27
AVX2 x16 (Mpixels/s)
Onboard audio is taken care of by MSI’s GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING Multi-Media Quad ALU x1 2.39
(Mpixels/s)
Realtek’s new ALC 1220 audio processor. X 8G and enjoyed better than 100fps
MSI surrounds the chip with its Audio in Metro: Last Light (104.66fps) Floating B/F AVX/128 35.9
Boost 4 technology, which helps to and Dying Light (112fps). Results in (GBps, mem bandwidth)
ensure a quality signal path to your sound the processor-intensive tests were CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2
devices with dedicated audio capacitors comparable to our previous testing with (MBps)
and de-pop protection circuitry. Nahimic Intel’s Core i7-7700K. Sequential Read
2 sound processing software is included, MSI makes good use of the Z270 (Q32T1) 2776
too, so you can adapt board audio to your chipset and provides several useful
Sequential Write (Q32T1) 1484
personnel preferences. One of the new hardware and software additions with the
features in Nahimic 2 is a Sound Tracker Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON, such Random 4K Read 757.6
(Q32T1)
feature that provides a visual indication of as the ASMedia 3.1 Gen 2 controller
in-game sounds via a mini-map overlay. and VR Boost ports. The performance Random 4K Write 614.3
Networking is covered by Intel’s I219V, enhancements make it a good choice for (Q32T1)
and you can control network bandwidth gamers and early adopters. The Mystic Light POV-Ray 3.7 (Pixels/s) 2021.78
using MSI’s GAMING LAN utility. illumination is flashy without blinding you
Cinebench 15 (Points) 942
The Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON to other parts of a build. Overall, it bears a
did well in our benchmark tests and, level of sophistication that you don’t see in Games (2,560 x 1,440)
most notably, the board’s M.2 heat many mid-range motherboards. ■ Metro: Last Light (Very
spreader appeared to improve the read High, 16xAF; SSAA off) 104.66fps
and write speeds of Patriot’s 480GB BY NATHAN LAKE
Hellfire in CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2. Dying Light (High, AO 112fps
On, AA On, Vsync Off)
The PCIe SSD delivered 4K (Q32T1) Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON
reads of 757.6MBps and 4K random $174.99 Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
writes hit 614.3MBps. We paired the MSI (Vsync Off, Unl. FPS, 88.4fps
Ultra)
Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON with us.msi.com

Specs: Max memory: 64GB DDR4 (DDR4-2400; Max OC: DDR4-3800); Slots: 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe x1; Storage: 2 M.2 (slot 1 supports 2242/2260/2280/22110,
slot 2 supports 2242/2260/2280), 6 6Gbps SATA; Rear I/O: 1 HDMI, 1 DVI-D, 2 USB 3.1 (1 Type-C, 1 Type-A), 4 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, 1 PS/2, 1 Ethernet, 1 S/PDIF,
audio I/O; Form factor: ATX; Warranty: 3 years
Test System Specs: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K; GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G; Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 32GB DDR4-3200MHz;
Storage: Patriot Hellfire 480GB; OS: Windows 10 Enterprise

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