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

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 23:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 732 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 74.4 64% 79.8 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 68.8 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 451 455 461 460 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 448 Mixed 442 SusWrite 454 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.6 198% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 274 230% 334 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 74 72 69 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 185 Write 76.5 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 71.5 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 32.3 117% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 67.6 51% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 103%

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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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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 $241Bench 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: $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 $179	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