MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.3% 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 Drive235% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 97
1-Core 113
2-Core 204
81% 138 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 420
59% 436 Pts
64-Core 461
28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 139
Parallax 125
102% 129 fps
MRender 98.6
Gravity 122
Splatting 105
89% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 279 282 279 278 274 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 2,029
Write 1,400
Mixed 642
SusWrite 333
243% 1,101 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 211
4K Mixed 62.6
265% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 1,152
DQ Write 1,258
DQ Mixed 912
767% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 235%
Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
79GB free
Firmware: 605ABBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 101 103 109 111 102 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 254
Write 152
Mixed 194
SusWrite 105
39% 176 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 37
156% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 95.9
82% 119 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
MC Read 35.9
MC Write 38.1
MC Mixed 28.5
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 23.3
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 50.2
80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $589
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