MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	143% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 756 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 129 Parallax 101 102% 118 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 725 716 683 676 693 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 731 Mixed 393 SusWrite 695 130% 572 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 56.7 210% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 302 248% 352 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 153%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 769GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 361 369 374 375 375 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 380 Mixed 340 SusWrite 366 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.1 194% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 174 140% 197 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 427% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 794 667 441 446 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 922 Mixed 305 SusWrite 587 122% 533 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 38.6 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 274 236% 334 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 672%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 101 100 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 101 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.9 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 45 SC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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