MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	13.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 12:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$118 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 100 2-Core 211 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 388 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 76% 102 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 94.1 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 400 Mixed 361 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 36.1 122% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 256 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 56GB free Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 334 388 389 397 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 400 Mixed 343 SusWrite 372 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 42.1 137% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 306 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 58GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 130 122 131 126 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 75 Write 92 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 124 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14/8G 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 0215 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

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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	44	7	60	21.5"	1920 1080	ACI22FD ASUS VS228

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	826x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	311x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	225x

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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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