MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	112% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I BULLDOG (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161110
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '22 at 06:57
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 756 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 140 Parallax 128 94% 128 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 121 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 419 394 422 387 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 481 Mixed 360 SusWrite 424 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.4 163% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 157 172% 287 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 272 41 42 34 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 516 Write 460 Mixed 424 SusWrite 195 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 30.2 152% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 41 92% 186 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G36C16U4R.M16FE1 2x16GB 594 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 139%

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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 $230Bench 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 $179Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $794

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