MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	278% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 18:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 69 Parallax 89.2 57% 76.2 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 56.7 53% 66.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 967 966 968 969 973 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1,594 Mixed 1,440 SusWrite 1,009 335% 1,498 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 74.5 261% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,443 DQ Write 1146 DQ Mixed 1,263 954% 1,284 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 297%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 222GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 139 140 135 136 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 295 Write 212 Mixed 234 SusWrite 140 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.4 145% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 160 124% 166 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 336 337 339 337 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 94 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 333 155% 215 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.3 279% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 213%
Dell Portable 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 104 Write 70.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 197GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 83 82 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 94.3 Write 67.7 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 81.9 97% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 110%

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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	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