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

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 21:36
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 574 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti Founder's Edition CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 112% 135 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD3200AAJS-61B4A0 120GB 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 226 228 227 227 184 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 520 Write 465 Mixed 442 SusWrite 237 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 53.9 196% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 221 178% 244 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 306 306 306 288 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 495 Mixed 430 SusWrite 285 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 68.3 239% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$93 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 104GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 477 176 135 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 479 Mixed 386 SusWrite 251 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 42.8 170% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 267 206% 276 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 12GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $931

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