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

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 04:19
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$166 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 274 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 776 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 200 Parallax 176 139% 182 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$88 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,769 Write 1,236 Mixed 1,337 390% 1,781 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 25.4 197% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 27.6 46% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Kingston SA400S37120G 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 67 34670949 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 521 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3313019 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57080115364337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 38 64861896730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2201 (C2) HDA temperature 26 62 73014444058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117965571752027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1911837854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 320233164 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 99 Mixed 68.1 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.38 173% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 353GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 200837711 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43861236 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -89575837922976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9096 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 64424509468 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121070833105490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12453177521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11673827883 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 75.5 Mixed 62.1 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.56 102% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$40 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 26.4 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 30 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 104%

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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 $166Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	208x
Core i5-7600KIntel $120Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	105x
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	72x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $88Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $69Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

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