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

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 01:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 514 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 74 63% 75.9 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 73.9 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% 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% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 178 191 142 182 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1801 Write 818 Mixed 489 SusWrite 212 181% 830 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 88.4 296% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 824 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 161 262% 511 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 157%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 189 Write 44.8 Mixed 71 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 12.4 73% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 67.7 56% 84 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 178 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.2 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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

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Motherboard: MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) - $164

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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: $957

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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