MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 729 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.8 57% 67.4 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 58.3 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4549 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 58 47 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7452405898	61% Good	Read 493 Write 124 Mixed 188 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 11.3 110% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 11 23% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 824GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 369774 (C2) HDA temperature 114 84 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	54.3% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 95 Mixed 97.2 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 63%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 144 (03) Spinup time 166 154 4658 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5260 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7903 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 32 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.7% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 56.3 Mixed 60.4 45% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 78GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108131246 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3208215 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2307 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590262303 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 301220102178 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4915 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 108131246 (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 140462610459999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29633565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3545203801	45.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.4 Mixed 83.7 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x
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	37x

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 $45Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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