MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 770 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 109 Parallax 90.8 82% 100 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 93.3 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 133 (A3) Unknown 100 100 32 (A4) Unknown 100 100 165535 (A5) Unknown 100 100 134 (A6) Unknown 100 100 26 (A7) Unknown 100 100 80 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 545 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1790 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 251517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 141694 (F5) Unknown 100 100 331070	90.4% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 199 Mixed 290 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.2 155% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 67.8 96% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 502GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 87266692 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21994995 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (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 70 60 521732126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 559 (C2) HDA temperature 30 21 90194313246 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 87266692 (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 -11708080847799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7029831021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11995327523	85.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 156 Mixed 153 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 74GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3518 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 781 (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 100 100 984 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 184685035547 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 915 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 9 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39820	45.9% Average	Read 95.5 Write 64.4 Mixed 86.2 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 794GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 97.7 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 90%

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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