MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 02:28
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 141 2-Core 237 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 505 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.9% Good	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 86.4 59% 90.5 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 89.2 71% 85.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 269 137 139 141 132 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 417 Mixed 390 SusWrite 198 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.1 213% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 207GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 372 437 455 393 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 442 Mixed 438 SusWrite 400 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.7 192% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 294 240% 343 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 259GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 381 450 468 481 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 469 Mixed 448 SusWrite 414 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 59.8 206% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 100 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 101 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 109%
Asmt ASM1153E 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 140GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 58 56 56 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 55.9 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 105%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	203x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	32x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 80%, 6,179 samples	10x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16