MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 01:54
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 694 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 72 62% 74.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 68 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 27 59 74 25 53 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 496 Write 393 Mixed 28 SusWrite 99.5 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 18 85% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 50.1 101% 201 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 825GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 140 140 140 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 138 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 466GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 160 145 71 80 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 166 Write 160 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 112 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G 24GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%

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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	823x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	309x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16