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

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	331% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 11:02
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-7500-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 469 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 133 Parallax 124 100% 126 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 118 Splatting 100 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V-GEN10SMEN19AC512GP3X4MT 512GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 254% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A2S8MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 1458 1802 1268 744 1059 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,696 Write 1,918 Mixed 134 SusWrite 1,135 324% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 67.8 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 91.5 315% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 1,196 DQ Mixed 575 619% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 331%
WDC WD10 JPVT-22A1YT0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 282GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 101 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 96 Write 97.8 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 102 120% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GB 1,519 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 33.4 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

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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 $235Bench 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 $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 $39Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16