MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics128% 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.
Boot Drive263% 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 BULLDOG (MS-7A66)  (all builds)
Memory28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170104
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '23 at 22:24
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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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-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 241
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 596
63% 505 Pts
64-Core 626
39% 626 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
EVGA(3842 4663) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (57th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 175
Parallax 162
145% 172 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 138
Splatting 116
117% 147 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 128%
Great: 136%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85
905GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 950 1412 1906 1755 1540 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
263% Outstanding
Read 1,972
Write 1199
Mixed 841
SusWrite 1,374
300% 1,346 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 66.6
190% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,007
DQ Write 775
DQ Mixed 510
485% 764 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 263%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 41.5
MC Mixed 32.4
106% 37.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 45.4
SC Mixed 31.7
95% 33.2 GB/s
Latency 55.1
73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 105%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $790
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