MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	211% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 509 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.7 89% 108 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 334 336 334 334 333 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,789 Write 1,192 Mixed 595 SusWrite 413 220% 997 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 58.3 230% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 673 591% 885 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 442 Mixed 376 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.4 215% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 297 297 297 297 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 444 Mixed 376 SusWrite 312 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 30GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 209 235 236 254 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 255 Mixed 270 SusWrite 236 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.4 179% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 244 192% 266 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 95%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 139 142 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 430 Write 183 Mixed 238 SusWrite 140 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.2 177% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 208 156% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 110%

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Typical Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 304 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 90%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $720

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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