MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 21:28
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 705 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.22 6% 8.75 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.7% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 66 Parallax 56.4 36% 55.7 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 62.4 43% 50.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A2) Unknown 100 100 139 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458768 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6845	72.3% Very good	Read 514 Write 349 Mixed 355 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 8.63 92% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 7.08 35% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 83614626 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50650090 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 736 (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 69 59 522059807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 749 (C2) HDA temperature 31 13 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 1 83614626 (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 -49117245994781 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21006813016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26213912363	77.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 113 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 574GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 104 Write 99.2 Mixed 86.2 122% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 24 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,314 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	819x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $97Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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