MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	234% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 20:26
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 710 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 206 Parallax 198 151% 197 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 181 Splatting 132 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 310 308 311 310 311 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,615 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 482 260% 1,162 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 86.4 293% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,221 DQ Mixed 1,010 787% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 280%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 266GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 311 296 296 294 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 371 Mixed 266 SusWrite 302 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 41.7 172% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 239 202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 162GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 77 127 90 89 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 403 Write 102 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 97.4 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 17.1 55% 119 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 594GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 174 175 173 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 144 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 174 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 20.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

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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	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