MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '22 at 19:29
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 204 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 605 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB; evga CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 125 Parallax 146 115% 138 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 108 Splatting 92.5 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 348 325 338 337 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 424 Mixed 310 SusWrite 341 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.5 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 277GB free Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 424 422 427 420 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 310 Mixed 346 SusWrite 423 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 24.3 137% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 32.7 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVKB 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 32GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,333 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	827x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 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	225x

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 $90Bench 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

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $584

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 $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16