MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 11:05
Run Duration	479 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 672 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 66.1 65% 74.9 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 74 Splatting 74.2 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7363766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 88304527605862 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 18 32 64426606610 (C2) HDA temperature 18 32 64426606610 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7363766 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7363766 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7363766 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 558 (EA) Unknown 0 0 699 (F1) Unknown 0 0 699 (F2) Unknown 0 0 522 (F4) Unknown 100 100 655364	56.6% Above average	Read 424 Write 118 Mixed 161 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.6 102% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 12.7 28% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 73%
TDK LoR TF10 8GB 1,321 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Read 14.1 Write 2.46 Mixed 3.72 6% 6.75 MB/s	4K Read 6.26 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 9%

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 (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 88%

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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 $90Bench 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 $295	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