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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 05:46
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 710 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 90.8 82% 98.2 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 80.9 70% 85.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK480MAV 480GB 1,217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 342 378 382 390 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 386 Mixed 328 SusWrite 354 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 37.7 149% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 186 176% 276 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%
Walgreen Infinitive 16GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free, PID 55a7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 7.9 8.9 7.3 9 9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 7.2 Mixed 12 SusWrite 8 16% 15 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 4.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

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Typical Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) Builds (Compare 585 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 $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i5-7600KIntel $75Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $632

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