MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	30.1% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 12.4 2-Core 18.5 7% 15.4 Pts	4-Core 22.3 8-Core 27.6 3% 25 Pts	64-Core 27.9 2% 27.9 Pts
Poor: 57% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.1% Below average	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 50.6 27% 42.3 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 48.7 36% 43.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4355 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 21 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4260435973	64.6% Good	Read 489 Write 396 Mixed 416 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 15.5 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 29.4 DQ Mixed 19.4 19% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 614 Mixed 884 222% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 16.3 65% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 29.7 DQ Mixed 16.2 18% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119134208 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1117305 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 347897659473 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 66 352911381 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15670 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 38654705685 (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 -77760382893648 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3500050711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2388665336	79.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 142 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.13 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.5 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 0.9 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 0.5 5% 1.6 GB/s	Latency 571 7% 571 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 105%

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Gaming 51%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	820x
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 $98Bench 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 $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 $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