MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 07:38
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 671 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2319) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 22.4 13% 18.5 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.7 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32059367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 74783970563975 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1977 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 147 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 54 94492819496 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 94492819496 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32059367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32059367 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32059367 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32759 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33452 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33452 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16625	85.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 252 Mixed 314 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 23.6 137% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 89.9 106% 185 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 847 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3874 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91942 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 186 897	73.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 120 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 260GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2777 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1710 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295036143 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 672989224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2684 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	87.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 129 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.32 108% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
BUFFALO BSCR20TU3 -SD 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 30GB free, PID 0278 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.9% Poor	Read 88.2 Write 39.6 Mixed 41.5 63% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.34 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.74 83% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 117%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	830x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 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	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369