MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920x1200x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 00:52
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 661 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 84% 108 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68337440 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31836083 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (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 73 53 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103823 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 51539607579 (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 -10054518433872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47589136919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 183566321746	64.1% Good	Read 121 Write 102 Mixed 125 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 96%
WD Purple Surveillance 6TB (2017)-$138 1,747 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 101 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4819 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2899 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 783 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59856 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 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	71.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 88.6 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 783GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 168 2558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 675 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 608 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 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	73.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 156 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 420GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 430 (C2) HDA temperature 123 116 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.8% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 93.3 Mixed 85.5 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 96%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 70GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 154 (C2) HDA temperature 123 119 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.2% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 110%

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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	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

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	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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