MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	92.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 661 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 112% 141 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 148 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 189GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,543 Write 398 Mixed 403 168% 782 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 18.5 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 38 120% 265 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25486 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 303 (B1) Unknown 90 90 203 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55995017312	92.8% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 26.2 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 25.7 44% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31519312 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96986843 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 588644386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 134932 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 73014444066 (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 -87750476818473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9859144913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 138465298916	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 165 Mixed 158 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 683GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 180641912 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91398643 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3148259066624 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 622264352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31263 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 180641912 (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 39530879001877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18383639491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47079549652
Poor: 34% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 125%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	198x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	32x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	36x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 80%, 6,179 samples	10x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $727

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