MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 23:42
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 482 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 72.3 50% 64.9 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 50.7 45% 55.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 237978759 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125720416 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521666591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 478 (C2) HDA temperature 31 14 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 237978759 (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 55396488186021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18435605615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22805547107	93% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 136 Mixed 139 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%
TDK LoR TF10 16GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 8.19 Mixed 10.2 16% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.67 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.54 71% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

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Gaming 51%

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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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	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) $35	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