MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	226% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 423 50% 387 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 122% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,327 Write 1,294 Mixed 1,502 377% 1,708 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 34.6 170% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 27.8 37% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 204%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 142 Write 19.9 Mixed 29.3 58% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.63 94% 4.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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