MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (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	20160724
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 14:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 223 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 597 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 61 58% 67.6 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 67.3 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 108GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4016433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 115783728365570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 27 94491050011 (C2) HDA temperature 27 27 94491050011 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4016433 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4016433 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4016433 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	65.2% Good	Read 506 Write 132 Mixed 207 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 17.1 111% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 34.7 46% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25170622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -33913061749963 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 78 64429621276 (C2) HDA temperature 28 78 64429621276 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25170622 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25170622 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25170622 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 83 83 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 43754 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15609 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15609 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12301	53.1% Above average	Read 419 Write 70.7 Mixed 113 43% 201 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 13.4 100% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 79.4 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 29.1 35% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 817GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 94.8 130% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

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	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $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 $40	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