MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '16 at 16:53
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 72.7 64% 75.8 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 69.9 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8813586143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 15453292342298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 126 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 1009320722462 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 119 8813586143 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 119 119 8813586143 (CC) Soft ECC correction 119 119 8813586143 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 12884901889 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32129 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18815 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18815 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14812	58% Above average	Read 508 Write 193 Mixed 234 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 13.9 68% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 38.7 53% 101 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 18 (A3) Unknown 100 100 330 (94) Unknown 100 100 3825206726 (95) Unknown 100 100 50331676 (96) Unknown 100 100 50331651 (97) Unknown 100 100 50331667 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1717 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34222888845337 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2130 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1733 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10141 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7650413452 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 257 Mixed 271 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 23.7 110% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 46 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 360GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208759224 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44882186 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 655687706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84535 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 8589934618 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42335492641198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28161304666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 197600268164	82.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 119 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 115%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	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 $90Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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