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

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.5% 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	289% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 22:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 756 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 102 93% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,282 Write 1,659 Mixed 1,611 410% 1,851 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 73.1 250% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 202 207% 342 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 363%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 476GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 774 Mixed 600 139% 618 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 22.2 115% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 124 153% 262 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 332%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA580 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 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 138 138 25797263772 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 731 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 731 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201863921694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 145 Mixed 102 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.47 133% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 169 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 188 (C2) HDA temperature 123 115 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.7% Good	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 106%

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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 $40Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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