MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.
Boot Drive	140% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 14:29
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 125 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 493 55% 433 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 149 Parallax 153 130% 154 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 112% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 311 298 300 300 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1264 Write 1,035 Mixed 873 SusWrite 323 195% 873 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 44.3 155% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 575 407% 518 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 280%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 48GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 83 177 142 152 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.4% Poor	Read 21.3 Write 11 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 105 11% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 10 30% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 29.9 DQ Mixed 42.4 41% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 419GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 143 143 148 140 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 144 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 850GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 168 158 159 167 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 162 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 15 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 92%

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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%

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 $90Bench 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 $31Bench 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