MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60% 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 06:52
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Memory 59.7 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 43.2 30% 41.4 Pts	4-Core 79.3 8-Core 84.1 11% 81.7 Pts	64-Core 88 5% 88 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.7% Good	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 162 39% 91.6 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 179 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer 120MG100-A1 120GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 219 275 266 165 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 346 Write 344 Mixed 301 SusWrite 210 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 24.4 79% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 159 128% 180 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 149 159 162 164 165 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 156 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 184% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

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