MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '22 at 16:39
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 686 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 867A) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 116 Parallax 129 103% 124 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 127 Splatting 110 110% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1314 1391 1392 1480 1487 1484 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,636 SusWrite 1,425 350% 1,558 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 50 196% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 685 508% 676 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 435%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 325 324 335 339 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 408 Mixed 316 SusWrite 329 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.8 154% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 196 169% 249 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 103%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2224 2280 2288 1909 1473 1481 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,174 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,674 SusWrite 1,942 440% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.6 220% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1209 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 853 653% 900 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 435%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 161GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 171 169 169 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 69.1 Write 114 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 169 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 879GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 143 147 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 131 Mixed 73 SusWrite 144 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 96%
Toshiba HDWG21C 12TB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 10.5TB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 235 237 240 239 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 231 Write 198 Mixed 64 SusWrite 236 132% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 103%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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