MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 13:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 295 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 543 74% 549 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3582 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.5 88% 99.4 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 111 Splatting 100 102% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 998 1057 944 874 700 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1550 Write 903 Mixed 833 SusWrite 879 232% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.9 197% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 527 358% 431 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 219%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 779 370 296 295 287 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,472 Write 1,188 Mixed 667 SusWrite 426 208% 938 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.3 208% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,073 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 667 553% 806 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 236%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 239GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 100 100 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 96.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 98 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 99GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 64 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 53.9 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 123%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,316 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	821x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16