MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 12:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 776 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 208 Parallax 203 156% 201 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5753 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864642592	61% Good	Read 500 Write 145 Mixed 213 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 5.37 82% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 29.4 72% 156 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 863GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2523 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5968 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 155 Write 90.2 Mixed 140 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.07 44% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 633GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 471203868 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3197 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 28 (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	91% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 167 Mixed 131 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4082 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 146 Mixed 135 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.26 144% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% 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	816x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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