MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	61.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 19:59
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.6% Below average	Memory 50.6 1-Core 24.5 2-Core 50.6 28% 41.9 Pts	4-Core 80.2 8-Core 120 12% 100 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 70 Parallax 191 45% 105 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST960KN0021 960GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 569GB free Firmware: PA00ST03 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 187 Write 178 Mixed 300 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 16.5 70% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 55.5 53% 83.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 157%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5759 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 7210 (95) Unknown 100 100 263 (96) Unknown 100 100 154 (97) Unknown 100 100 232 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32824 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21102 (F5) Unknown 100 100 92144	59.7% Above average	Read 495 Write 321 Mixed 351 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 11.2 62% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 11.8 19% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 23.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 110%

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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%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	820x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $583

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16