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

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	98.3% 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	211% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 00:47
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.1% Average	Memory 7.07 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 56% 118 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 480 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 103% 125 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 280 279 279 274 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 1,429 Mixed 553 SusWrite 312 229% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 52.9 222% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 1219 DQ Mixed 793 692% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 226GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 319 320 320 315 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 480 Mixed 396 SusWrite 329 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.5 220% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 557GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 434 459 473 418 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 152 Mixed 450 SusWrite 428 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.9 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 902GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 130 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 104 Write 77.5 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 129 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 113%
DELL RD1000 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 197GB free, PID 1122 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 87.5 Write 86.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 88.8 99% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 432 9% 432 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 110%

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

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	104x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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 $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $720

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