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

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	21.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 10:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 773 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 66.2 62% 72.5 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 70.9 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3692644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -122200409500480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 51 17183211549 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 17183211549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3692644 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3692644 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3692644 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 90194313217 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8934 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8934 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6306 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3145776	64.6% Good	Read 505 Write 236 Mixed 264 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 11.3 93% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 10.1 27% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2842 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1507 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4561 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227633463324 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31894 (F1) Unknown 95 91 7595165 (F2) Unknown 93 89 10627132	75% Very good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 127 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.27 117% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
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	54x

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	50x
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: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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