MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	222% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 818 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 209 Parallax 182 155% 194 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 184 Splatting 135 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,200 Write 1,150 Mixed 1,333 344% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 66.7 179% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 57.3 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 44.4 56% 95 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 243%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 27GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2099 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (AA) Unknown 97 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 42952425500 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 324896 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 97 100 0 (E9) Unknown 76 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 324896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 378320 (F9) Unknown 100 100 186126	68.4% Good	Read 513 Write 245 Mixed 304 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 23.9 84% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 55.7 68% 123 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 556GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 213 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8893 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1989 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24389 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1787 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324379676 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 75 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2038	62.8% Good	Read 100 Write 118 Mixed 124 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 110% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 373GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2157 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 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	82.2% Excellent	Read 132 Write 155 Mixed 102 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 25.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 105%

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

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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	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