MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 761 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

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: 442.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 192 Parallax 175 149% 183 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 179 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 483 Mixed 348 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 49.8 172% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 119 149% 266 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$38 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 12GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 57 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 57 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 258GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 109 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 109%
ADATA XPG EX500 120GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 52GB free, PID a73a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 241 243 240 241 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 336 Write 258 Mixed 259 SusWrite 243 361% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 23.6 2,536% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 24.3 3,448% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 300%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU7MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 47%

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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	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