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

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% 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	85.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 20:29
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 800 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2453 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 97% 117 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 105 Splatting 110 90% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -75058848463928 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 54 42953211940 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 662920 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 662920 (F2) Unknown 100 100 427473 (F9) Unknown 100 100 27439	85.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 221 Mixed 263 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 25.8 144% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 48.8 86% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 869GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125782720 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 61 20223237 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770197010 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 36 967041286184 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19125 (C2) HDA temperature 40 64 8589934632 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6661494277069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -63594331529580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 122870629462446	93.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x16GB 930 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2940 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 11.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 48%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	102x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16