MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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 Drive	94% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 254 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 818 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 126 Parallax 102 85% 111 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 112 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 94 95 91 91 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 291 Mixed 317 SusWrite 103 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.3 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 216 180% 264 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 94%
Liteonit LCS-128L9S-11 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 51GB free Firmware: HC7110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 317 318 317 305 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 314 Mixed 266 SusWrite 315 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 43.5 161% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 198 180% 277 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 135 Write 42 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 42.7 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 26.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 27.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) - $164

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	102x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	67x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16