MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime4.7 Days
Run DateJul 21 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 92.8
1-Core 85.3
2-Core 195
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 314
8-Core 338
43% 326 Pts
64-Core 406
25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 174
Parallax 152
123% 159 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 158
Splatting 117
106% 131 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 115 115 115 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 142
Write 65.8
Mixed 77
SusWrite 114
74% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.8
224% 2 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 74%
Great: 72%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 135 131 134 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 126
Write 136
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 132
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 34.1
MC Mixed 28.2
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 23.6
SC Mixed 23.6
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $589
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