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

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 04:21
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 452 50% 393 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 77.4 68% 79.8 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 78.2 64% 77.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2172 Write 932 Mixed 170 235% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 47.3 154% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 113 207% 396 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 18GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 40 44 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 179 Write 44 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 43 18% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 11.6 71% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 67.3 56% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 295GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 105 103 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 156 Write 121 Mixed 85 SusWrite 103 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 33.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%

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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	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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	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