MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	164% 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	347% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 05:48
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 774 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	164% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 202 Parallax 236 185% 221 fps	MRender 264 Gravity 221 Splatting 156 169% 214 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 1460 1436 1435 1487 1499 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	347% Outstanding	Read 2,665 Write 2,426 Mixed 1,942 SusWrite 1478 477% 2,128 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 94.8 310% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,444 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 1,152 874% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 347% Great: 410%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 498GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 103 106 104 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 104 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 86%
Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB-$118 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 608GB free Firmware: GN001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 89 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 98.8 55% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%
Toshiba MK4058GSX 400GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 82GB free Firmware: FF011M SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 29.2 Mixed 19 SusWrite 28 20% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 97%

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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%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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