MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 12:26
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 610 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 6,258 User benchmarks, average bench 127% Nvidia(10DE 163F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 170 Parallax 161 144% 169 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 135 Splatting 114 115% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,303 Write 2,165 Mixed 1,544 446% 2,004 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 66.9 218% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 807 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 777 552% 708 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 99GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 149 155 149 151 153 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 356 Write 217 Mixed 227 SusWrite 154 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 34.3 126% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 149 121% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 127GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 153 158 140 147 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 359 Write 220 Mixed 224 SusWrite 151 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 37.2 131% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 142 120% 174 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 118 117 117 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 156 Write 130 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 116 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 3x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 104%

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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	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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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 $45	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