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

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	114% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 772 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 117 Parallax 116 89% 114 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.2 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 443 447 468 401 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 356 SusWrite 413 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.5 171% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 329 255% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 163 166 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 102 SusWrite 164 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 5.4 5.9 5.6 5 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 8.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.8 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 2.8 206% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 26 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 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: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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