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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 11:06
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 705 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 109 Parallax 142 103% 126 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 113 Splatting 102 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,532 Write 2,469 Mixed 1,857 509% 2,286 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 96.7 322% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,246 944% 1,271 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 19GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 491 Mixed 470 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.1 223% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 86GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 494 493 494 494 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 492 Mixed 460 SusWrite 491 111% 491 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 71.2 238% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AEST.M16FE 2x16GB 1,147 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 31.8 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 19.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	15.5"	1280 720	JRY1560 HDMI

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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 $242Bench 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: $958

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