MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	284% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 01:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 251 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 494 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 88 Parallax 159 91% 120 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 118 Splatting 125 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: N105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 950 1160 1253 1366 1265 1334 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,104 SusWrite 1,221 314% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 82.8 271% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,148 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 967 736% 999 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 333%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 60 64 63 62 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 39 SusWrite 61.4 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 266GB free Firmware: RA61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 135 121 128 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 125 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 2x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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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 $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 $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