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

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	91.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 19:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 265 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 700 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 92% 108 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 253 241 247 222 223 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 369 Mixed 217 SusWrite 247 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 36 142% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 132 148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%
Apple TS128C 121GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 113GB free Firmware: CJAA0201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 173 179 183 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 210 Write 158 Mixed 108 SusWrite 182 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 23.8 90% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 28.3 24% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 69GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 70 70 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 64 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 68.4 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 55%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 469GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 98 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 97.4 126% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 118% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 32 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 91%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
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	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 $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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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