MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	291% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 01:09
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 518 70% 523 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 111 Parallax 115 102% 117 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 106 Splatting 95 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 990 999 1012 1006 999 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 2,272 Mixed 1,792 SusWrite 956 396% 1,759 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 79.1 279% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,619 DQ Write 1,331 DQ Mixed 1,448 1,092% 1,466 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 297%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 98GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 421 413 416 414 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 476 Mixed 424 SusWrite 426 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.3 213% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 124 159% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 127%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 166GB free Firmware: R0126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 257 258 257 255 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 257 Mixed 308 SusWrite 257 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 44.7 170% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 201 165% 234 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 172GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 124 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 192 Write 189 Mixed 80 SusWrite 118 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 116 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 97 SusWrite 116 157% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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