MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% 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% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 152 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 587 53% 448 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 76.8 41% 63.3 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 60 Splatting 74.8 55% 66 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9404 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3534 (B1) Unknown 95 95 59 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 47 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 487 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24788037880	53% Above average	Read 490 Write 332 Mixed 313 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 4.33 43% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 24.1 DQ Mixed 7.59 10% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 671GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 33 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 59 33 12617 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6967 (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 16502 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5404 (B5) Unknown 77 77 514655818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 824 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214748561429 (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 40 1 31846 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7585 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 26 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7124	50.7% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 79.1 Mixed 115 74% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 95%

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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	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 $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 $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 $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