MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (88%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 12:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 65.7 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 227 69% 130 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 612 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 76% 105 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 108 Splatting 86.6 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 450 Mixed 372 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 45.6 160% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 54.2 112% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 218GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 407 429 448 460 458 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 460 Mixed 393 SusWrite 435 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 38.4 160% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 236 188% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 98GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 83 83 86 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 79 Write 88.3 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 82.6 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 249GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 121 134 136 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 92 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 125 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 15.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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