MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	68.1% 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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 17:22
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$81 342,244 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)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 594 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 88% 109 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26852590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 489626272975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 39 60132098081 (C2) HDA temperature 33 39 60132098081 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26852590 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26852590 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26852590 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4277 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3017 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3017 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2726 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966091	68.1% Good	Read 496 Write 193 Mixed 242 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 15.9 98% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 43.9 71% 134 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 84%
Kingston SHFS37A240G 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 73847232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 444285 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 588775459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 236 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 90194313251 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139676631433197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1792033185 (F2) Unknown 100 253 334281906	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 177 Mixed 160 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 388GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 223 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3840 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.5% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 87.9 Mixed 69 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.47 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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 $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 $279	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 $184	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