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

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.9% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 17:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 214 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 600 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 125 Parallax 111 105% 121 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 121 Splatting 107 87% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 302 295 296 276 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 313 Mixed 310 SusWrite 287 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 38 155% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 242 208% 306 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 129%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 598GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 464 461 476 475 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 473 Mixed 446 SusWrite 468 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.8 217% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 137%
WD My Passport 2626 4TB 2,594 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 105 130% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.6 258% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

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Typical Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 556 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $400Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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