MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1900 x 1068 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 13:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 527 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 78.2 68% 83 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 76 Splatting 68.6 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2673 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1555 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22985836738	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 403 Mixed 417 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.9 148% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 101 126% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36247072 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56938996 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (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 71 55 521535517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16736 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 38654705693 (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 -12322261170453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45661921332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 618530162984	106% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 169 Mixed 180 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 539GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 38 Mixed 37.6 49% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 2,735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 99%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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