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

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	222% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 01:53
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 687 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2961 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 102 39% 73.2 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 186 Splatting 52.7 73% 92.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17933 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 224 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16097235200	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.8 190% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 106 98% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12111 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 190 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9294874764	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.8 185% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 28.8 101% 223 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,399 360% 1,625 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 15.7 157% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 18.9 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 452GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 173 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114166 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 40 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	51.4% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 86 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 29.3 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 23.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 104%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
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	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Total price: $931

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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