MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% 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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.6% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 04:19
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 426 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PNY(196E 0865) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 13 12% 14.8 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB-$120 346 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 17660796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -90426241443600 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2487 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 237 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 64427851814 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17660796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17660796 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17660796 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4908 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5129 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5129 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6305	67% Good	Read 491 Write 137 Mixed 205 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 15.2 115% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 13 43% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 30 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	4x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $167Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	3x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $38Bench 179%, 78,255 samples	2x
Rocket Q 1TBSabrentBench 192%, 30,033 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	2x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $34	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