MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 16:38
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 270 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 751 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 73 Parallax 65.3 61% 71 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 71.3 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 165GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6538109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 41936060681911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 42 68722229278 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 68722229278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6538109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6538109 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6538109 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14941 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8813 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8813 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8000 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4456499	81.3% Excellent	Read 489 Write 210 Mixed 275 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 23.1 134% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 12.8 66% 148 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21492990229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 904 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 904 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799740449 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 108%
USB DISK Pro 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 3d23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 8.45 Mixed 8.84 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.04 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 85%

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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	817x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

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	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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