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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 166%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 146%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics200% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive138% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A66
MotherboardMSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66)  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170206
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 28 '20 at 23:51
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 228
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 752
73% 598 Pts
64-Core 757
47% 757 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
200% Outstanding
Lighting 297
Reflection 248
Parallax 286
242% 277 fps
MRender 323
Gravity 237
Splatting 173
192% 244 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 200%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 241 333 191 363 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 885
Write 562
Mixed 658
SusWrite 299
134% 601 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 53.9
199% 78.7 MB/s
DQ Read 504
DQ Write 539
DQ Mixed 476
370% 506 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 138%
Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
98GB free
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 87.9
Write 86.7
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 87.8
59% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.5% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 23.4
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 19
SC Write 29.6
SC Mixed 22.5
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 553 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $966
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