MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	83.7% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 16:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 758 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 58.4 79% 84.9 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 116 80% 93.9 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 153 89 95 34 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 490 Write 426 Mixed 352 SusWrite 137 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 40.1 143% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 108 123% 210 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$222 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 346GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 170 121 108 113 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 193 Mixed 82 SusWrite 132 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 213% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 121%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 136GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 131 Write 102 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 87 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 447GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 36 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 39.5 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 47.5 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 96%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	207x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	32x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	38x

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	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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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