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

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 22:05
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 661 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A66) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 7.84 7% 9.28 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DM900 1TB-DL4 73 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 914GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2321 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (94) Unknown 100 100 1117 (95) Unknown 100 100 38 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32228 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31248 (F5) Unknown 100 100 148544	112% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 486 Mixed 509 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39 157% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 64.9 114% 222 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 255 Write 58.7 Mixed 85.5 133% 133 MB/s	4K Read 9.36 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.36 78% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 102%

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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 $195Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16