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 as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	67.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26% Poor	Memory 43.1 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 37 24% 34.3 Pts	4-Core 52 8-Core 61.7 7% 56.8 Pts	64-Core 72.8 4% 72.8 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2461 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 457 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2556012 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094969890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8638 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5617 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6278 (F4) Unknown 100 100 39 (F5) Unknown 100 100 108 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2730688	67.8% Good	Read 502 Write 485 Mixed 510 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 10.3 56% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 49.1 DQ Mixed 10.4 15% 26.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 715GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 761 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 161 Mixed 155 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 145 1341 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 620 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76438 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	39.2% Below average	Read 55 Write 81.5 Mixed 71.9 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 141GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97626256 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2264905 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2015 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 116468940830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20755 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29643864273556 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8590473169 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15637958897	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 173 Mixed 116 120% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 60GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2938 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 347590 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044511775 (C4) Reallocation count 74 74 784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 101 Mixed 92.8 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 188 21% 188 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $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