MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 09:10
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 690 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 71 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 69.7 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 92 90 90 96 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 341 Write 147 Mixed 244 SusWrite 99.8 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 0.2 45% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 295GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 484 490 486 409 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 486 Mixed 448 SusWrite 437 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 63.6 223% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 150 154 153 151 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 68 SusWrite 151 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	817x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	305x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $589

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