MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

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 10 '17 at 05:29
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 630 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 90.6 62% 77.1 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 64 Splatting 82.2 59% 70.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.1% 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 (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9451 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3546 (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 68 47 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 490 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24898605408	61.3% Good	Read 496 Write 316 Mixed 319 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 9.76 74% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 6.29 8% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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 as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 33 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 33 10205 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6980 (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 16549 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5416 (B5) Unknown 77 77 514866042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 824 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214748561430 (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 7138	54.8% Above average	Read 74 Write 117 Mixed 108 76% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.8% 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 (81^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 21 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,321 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	308x
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 $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16