MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 05:56
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 695 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66.3 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 72.1 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 92 87 81 111 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 365 Write 289 Mixed 20 SusWrite 101 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 0.2 31% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 283GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 486 486 484 406 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 475 Mixed 451 SusWrite 437 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65.2 227% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 153 155 157 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 156 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	820x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16