MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	269% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 03:58
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 198 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 625 59% 489 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 164 Parallax 171 136% 167 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 150 Splatting 106 118% 149 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1406 1189 770 810 802 772 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,314 Write 2,128 Mixed 1,665 SusWrite 958 395% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 75.3 252% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 791 DQ Mixed 879 662% 890 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 355%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 441 Mixed 397 SusWrite 121 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 50.4 167% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 260 210% 296 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 650 648 649 645 537 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 67% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 160 162 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 162 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
Samsung HD162GJ 160GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 139GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 116 116 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 117 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 115 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 962 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 28GB free Firmware: 5438 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 38 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 40.9 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 77%
Spaceloop 4GB 4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 2093 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.65% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 0.7 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 2.3 3% 3.33 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.65% Great: 3%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 3TB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 188 186 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 176 Write 179 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 187 190% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x16GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 79.1 50% 79.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 173%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	32x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 80%, 6,179 samples	10x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16