MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '24 at 07:34
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 112 72% 110 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 322 29% 244 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 1527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 104 Parallax 100 86% 103 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 86.4 79% 97.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 124 129 129 127 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 462 Write 408 Mixed 345 SusWrite 151 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 38.9 107% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 334 256% 346 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 124%
Kingston SHFR200480G 480GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: 000056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 258 155 145 199 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 324 Write 305 Mixed 302 SusWrite 200 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 44.4 154% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 198 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 103%
WD WD2009FYPX-09AAMB0 2TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 98 96 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 94.8 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 95.7 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2427, 2427 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	48	24	75	21.7"	1280 720	BNQ78E7

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	824x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	310x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

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 $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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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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