MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	281% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 774 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1707 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 136 78% 106 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 119 85% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 318 320 320 320 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,048 SusWrite 483 305% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 90.4 322% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,310 DQ Mixed 1,000 795% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 862GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 489 489 493 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 494 Mixed 417 SusWrite 485 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 55.7 203% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 121%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 315 304 306 290 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 483 Mixed 360 SusWrite 323 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 55 201% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 255 214% 311 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 182 183 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 149 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 181 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 32.2 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 31.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 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: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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