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

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	169% 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.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '24 at 23:19
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 601 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 111 85% 108 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 598GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 835 917 918 896 880 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 886 Write 1,923 Mixed 715 SusWrite 845 248% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.1 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 775 577% 771 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 298%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 803 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 17.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 104%

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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: 0P 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	70	58	144	27"	1280 720	ACI27B1 ROG PG278Q

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Typical Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 560 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	102x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16