MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	260% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 14:11
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 254 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 672 61% 510 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% PNY(196E 1371) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 184 Parallax 152 138% 168 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 135 Splatting 95.7 107% 136 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT1000P 1TB 6,019 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1212 1238 1400 1349 1295 1316 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,289 Write 1,384 Mixed 1065 SusWrite 1,301 284% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 86.3 294% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 313 383% 669 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 299%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 324GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 153 153 157 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 154 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%
Synology iSCSI Storage 161GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 150GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 75 82 79 77 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 102%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

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 $219Bench 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 $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 $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 i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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