MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53% 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	174% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 18:29
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 468 53% 414 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53% Above average	Lighting 39 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 32% 106 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV512 512GB 2,994 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,534 Write 557 Mixed 751 207% 948 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 35.4 194% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 137 196% 364 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 173%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 217GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4802430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -37477884622274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 34 85901574175 (C2) HDA temperature 31 34 85901574175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4802430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4802430 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4802430 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 378 (EA) Unknown 0 0 265 (F1) Unknown 0 0 265 (F2) Unknown 0 0 642 (F4) Unknown 100 100 262145	77.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 220 Mixed 307 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.8 125% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 12.9 53% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234785496 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11155247 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 555155483 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22413 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 67181878444974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1377183185 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64485313657	105% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 163 Mixed 170 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 107%

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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 $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