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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 705 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.9 86% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 340 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1339392 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2175 (AA) Unknown 99 99 327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1076 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 79 (AE) Unknown 100 100 245 (B5) Unknown 100 100 35214517148477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 195626 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 327 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 99 1076	71% Very good	Read 508 Write 257 Mixed 343 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 11.4 99% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.6 47% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%
Intenso SSD 240GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B1) Unknown 100 100 206 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 268439625 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10151 (EB) Unknown 100 100 16624 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17023876 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10395587	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 446 Mixed 470 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 41.1 148% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 80.8 111% 204 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 93%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 563GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 37 Write 39.5 Mixed 35.2 48% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3000C15 2x16GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 103%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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	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: 69% - Good

Total price: $957

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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