MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 21:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 745 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 177 Parallax 193 142% 181 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 156 Splatting 129 127% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,177 Write 1204 Mixed 749 301% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 244 4K Mixed 72.2 304% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,229 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 460 423% 675 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 491 482 469 470 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 498 Mixed 471 SusWrite 474 111% 491 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 69.3 243% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: GG18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 122 121 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 60 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%
Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.0 256GB-$142 71 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 142GB free, PID 1a0e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 183 105 105 106 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 273 Write 117 Mixed 203 SusWrite 173 244% 192 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 24.4 2,304% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 33.4 2,855% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 195%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,605 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,313 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

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	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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