MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 04:06
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 198 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 386 45% 352 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760 (192-bit) 10,656 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8477) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 29.6 20% 26.1 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 42 47 59 44 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 62 Write 73.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 55.2 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,140 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 161%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 90%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 80%, 6,179 samples	10x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16