MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 18:41
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 396 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 37.1 31% 35.1 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1300_MTFDDAK1T0TDL 1TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: M5MU000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 447 481 488 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 438 Mixed 366 SusWrite 473 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 56.6 200% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 348 261% 348 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 80GB free Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 374 383 361 384 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 365 Mixed 189 SusWrite 374 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.3 160% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 148 156% 259 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%
USB3.0 high speed 1TB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 144GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 104 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 107 Mixed 68 SusWrite 103 132% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 169% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-011.A00G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GNT 9905625-029.A00G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GNT 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns

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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	818x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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