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

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 17:48
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 211 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 510 (Desktop Skylake) 16,316 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7A66) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 3.56 3% 3.99 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 3.13 Splatting 8.87 5% 6.21 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 133 132 129 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 440 Write 156 Mixed 216 SusWrite 132 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.1 179% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 178 137% 189 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FE 2x4GB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 105%

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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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Gaming 89%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	198x
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	53x

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	49x
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: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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