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

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 211 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 422 44% 350 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.8 62% 70.9 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 68.4 54% 65.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A66) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 6.69 6% 7.75 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 13.7 8% 9.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 183GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1212 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55885103811 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 259 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 61 64 274879152167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2207631802882 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2192 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5152 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4344 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6913 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.9% Excellent	Read 488 Write 232 Mixed 263 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 27.7 138% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 62 111% 219 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 100%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,153 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,151 329% 1,495 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 23.2 157% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 140 148% 246 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 171 5591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14093 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 167 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 96%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 205GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 200 199 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6292 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3928 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6768 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 33 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 97.5 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.62 151% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 81%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	101x
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	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	19x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,009

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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