MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (11%). 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	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 623 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 40.8 39% 44.7 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1047 (64) Unknown 100 100 5795776 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 87 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 257699151904 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 355 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 154 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 355 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13450 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11410 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5925 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 9356	142% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 639 Mixed 773 196% 888 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 18.4 131% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 17.2 104% 240 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 159%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133083 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (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 200 164 74 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 126 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.23 105% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 0215 CMK16GX4M1A2666C16 24GB 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 13 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns

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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	817x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

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	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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