MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 122% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	185% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	230% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '19 at 19:47
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 381,041 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	1-Core 137 2-Core 274 97% 206 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 718 76% 594 Pts	64-Core 703 47% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$1,030 90,821 User benchmarks, average bench 166% MSI(1462 3717) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Lighting 683 Reflection 596 Parallax 788 179% 689 fps	MRender 534 Gravity 660 Splatting 325 186% 506 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 197%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$160 56,101 User benchmarks, average bench 309% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 734 678 603 527 549 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,494 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,231 SusWrite 682 262% 1,167 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 85.4 283% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 833 DQ Mixed 911 684% 915 MB/s
Poor: 219% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 361%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$58 268,353 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.5 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 103%

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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 6,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	2,013x
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 80%, 381,041 samples	2,012x
Core i7-6700Intel $259Bench 69%, 126,666 samples	488x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	1,150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	963x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	691x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	355x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	326x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 57,239 samples	318x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 50,302 samples	226x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24