MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 12:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 609 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.7 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72.4 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 63 98 55 84 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 436 Write 90 Mixed 141 SusWrite 83 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 27.5 119% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 113 104% 166 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 91%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 108 110 111 110 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 109 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 55GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 83 85 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 83.6 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 232GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 84 86 86 87 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 86 Write 87.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 85.6 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 25GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.2 8.9 8.5 9.4 9.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 37 Write 15 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 8.4 18% 17 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,308 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	817x
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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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