MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	55.6% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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	13.6 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 24 '20 at 01:21
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 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 (1^st percentile)	39.5% Below average	Memory 63 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 51.2 33% 46.6 Pts	4-Core 88.6 8-Core 141 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 39.5% 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	55.6% Above average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 97.7 41% 72 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 55.6% 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: 225 370 413 350 153 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 428 Write 435 Mixed 373 SusWrite 277 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 26.8 88% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 196 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 652GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 167 178 182 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 145 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 172 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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)	46% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46% 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%

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Workstation 44%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $591

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16