MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$132 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 221 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 364 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 74.9 71% 80.9 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 70.4 56% 68 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 218 209 192 195 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 408 Write 351 Mixed 231 SusWrite 208 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 26.8 108% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 125 142% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST93205620AS 320GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 267GB free Firmware: SD28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 46 50 55 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 43.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 49.3 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 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 $40	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