MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '21 at 17:33
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 664 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 119 Parallax 103 84% 108 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 101 Splatting 93 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 69 94 91 91 94 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 278 Write 195 Mixed 225 SusWrite 91 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 33.7 131% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 138 109% 151 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 187GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 136 133 136 143 137 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 286 Write 199 Mixed 220 SusWrite 139 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 35.7 136% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 144 116% 162 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 744GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 115 128 118 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 85.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 116 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 96%
Multi-Reader -0 32GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 15 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.14% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 12 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 14.2 19% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 69% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 3x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	828x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 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	226x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16