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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (90^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 654 63% 520 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 045A) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 35 22% 30.3 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 32.7 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 679GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 76 77 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 43.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 75.7 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 70%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 90GB free Firmware: FG001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 55.8 Write 9 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 8.8 16% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 9905665-011.A00G 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 553 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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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	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: $958

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