MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.2% 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	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 11 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 13:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 155 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 558 50% 419 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.22% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 8.3 6% 7.83 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.22% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.2% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 67.2 57% 70.2 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 67.1 55% 66.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Avexir S100 SERIES - 120GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP001JB1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 48 48 42 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 403 Write 58.8 Mixed 102 SusWrite 46.8 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 23.2 97% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 80.2 80% 134 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 86%
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 410GB free Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1206 1728 1958 1782 1313 1189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,280 Write 2,046 Mixed 1,995 SusWrite 1,529 441% 1,962 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 60.4 208% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 744 555% 748 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 573%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 629GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 176 175 172 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 176 Mixed 81 SusWrite 175 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 80%

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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	69	58	144	18.5"	2560 1417	GSM4C09 E1942

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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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	821x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16