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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 04 '19 at 23:06
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 414 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 63.2 61% 70.2 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 69.7 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,346 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,195 368% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 72.5 250% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 985 747% 999 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 127GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 37 39 41 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 93%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 190 189 190 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 146 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 190 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32.7 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 88%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	198x
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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	49x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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