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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ECU-User
Background CPU	17%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 110 2-Core 229 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 452 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 0956) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 28.3 25% 29.9 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 29.3 25% 31.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 63GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 1 12316 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3140 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 13 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11772 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5489 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 1 11913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 82198 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 68 369754134 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 436862998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14982546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 66 51 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	43% Average	Read 78.3 Write 71.4 Mixed 70.3 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 91 1769497 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 118 (03) Spinup time 122 122 21493448992 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 75 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 37 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4509 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4725 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 210453790749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 75 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 96.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 65%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) - $150

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	102x
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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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