MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 12:13
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 822 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 69.1 64% 75.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 75.2 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 845GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,737 Write 1,504 Mixed 1,535 424% 1,925 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 36.6 234% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 61.7 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 35.7 96% 190 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 302%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 429GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 127 6525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1659 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 646 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18564 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 27 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 5	45.7% Average	Read 74.9 Write 84.3 Mixed 77.8 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 24.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $134	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