MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	264% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 292 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 846 89% 711 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 111% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,771 Write 1,173 Mixed 1,325 384% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 28.8 210% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 207 226% 383 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 236%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4094765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -76476187658296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 36 77311770647 (C2) HDA temperature 23 36 77311770647 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4094765 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4094765 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4094765 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5899 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3310 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3310 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17214 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4063268	76.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 198 Mixed 252 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 20.4 131% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 53.9 73% 131 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 598GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 151368020 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58239366 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 454623258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5775 (C2) HDA temperature 26 17 73014444058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 151368020 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43452184123153 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7965813251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12779790973	90.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 152 Mixed 116 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 84GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44985994 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34063993 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 12408665800734 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5238 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 81604378654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 44985994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80234284073706 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1989757351 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2763475139	48.6% Average	Read 77.2 Write 92 Mixed 90.6 66% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 27.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 32.2 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 77%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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