MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	89.1% 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 Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:01
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 360 46% 350 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.7 93% 108 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 76 90 64 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 295 Write 312 Mixed 277 SusWrite 95.5 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 20.9 76% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 92 111% 196 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 112 92 92 61 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 98.1 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free Firmware: 0003HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 79 60 73 69 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 67.5 Write 74 Mixed 46 SusWrite 72.5 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 91%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	226x

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	221x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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