MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 678 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% XFX(1682 5705) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 110 Parallax 231 105% 156 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 120 Splatting 153 107% 128 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 91%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 558 40 41 41 368 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 2,209 Mixed 1,724 SusWrite 340 353% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 77.6 277% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1420 DQ Write 1188 DQ Mixed 1,264 958% 1,291 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 296%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 21.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 109%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	15x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	4x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	3x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $180Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	3x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $38Bench 179%, 78,255 samples	2x
Rocket Q 1TBSabrentBench 192%, 30,033 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	2x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $801

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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