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

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 11:52
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 678 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 83 66% 86.4 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 73.2 64% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 48 48 44 45 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 381 SusWrite 47.9 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.1 137% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 21.4 52% 116 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 121%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 99 97 94 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 98.9 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 79 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 77 Write 50.9 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 79.4 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 49.8 Write 49.4 Mixed 57.2 40% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 23.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 95%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	198x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	101x
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	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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