MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 620 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1211 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161532240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 144 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 94 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20288 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22108 (F9) Unknown 100 100 885657511	110% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 468 Mixed 486 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 33.8 149% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 85 136% 262 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 90GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 928 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68228742 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 24524986581033 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 -140737488355287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 30 928 (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 -5677946761341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1135775819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3840977742	46.7% Average	Read 74.7 Write 88.2 Mixed 77.3 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 61GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 29 5419 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3692 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3100 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1862 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 46 231929675814 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25819 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3746	65.4% Good	Read 102 Write 126 Mixed 93.3 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 77%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 38 Write 4.07 Mixed 6.88 14% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.29 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 1.18 102% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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 $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 $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