MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A78
Motherboard	MSI Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 21:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	23%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 620 69% 543 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 67 63% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 69.8 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,997 Write 1,078 Mixed 1,142 310% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41 196% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 182 196% 329 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 154GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76135897 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4366954356 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065674 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 43 82361188397 (C2) HDA temperature 45 57 81604378669 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 23 76135897 (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 -135635067197600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1989113758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1967786764	31.7% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 49.1 Mixed 51.7 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.19 33% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 68%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 192 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11809 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11947 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 100522 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 83.8 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.55 147% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 125%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z270 GAMING M6 AC (MS-7A78) Builds (Compare 303 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	198x
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	36x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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