MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	53% 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	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 23:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Memory 42.8 1-Core 22.1 2-Core 41.7 24% 35.5 Pts	4-Core 60.9 8-Core 82.3 9% 71.6 Pts	64-Core 87.9 5% 87.9 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2131 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53% Above average	Lighting 45 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 108 37% 69.5 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 272 307 250 296 329 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.1% Above average	Read 284 Write 275 Mixed 255 SusWrite 284 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 14.9 51% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 160 116% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 652GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 183 182 172 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 176 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 179 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSCK.8FBD 859B BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FD 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 51%

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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	817x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

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	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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