MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	285% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 19:42
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 121 2-Core 206 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 461 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 106% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1125 1226 623 626 624 620 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 2059 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 807 368% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 70.4 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 92.3 315% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 810 612% 822 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 446GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 424 171 131 110 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 433 Mixed 336 SusWrite 206 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39.2 155% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 182 171% 266 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2133C14D4/8G 48GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 71%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,339 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	830x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	312x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369