MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	76.1% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 11:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 590 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.4% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2022 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 95% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34619 (AA) Unknown 100 100 458 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2162796 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 34327 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6491	76.1% Very good	Read 500 Write 445 Mixed 479 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 11.7 90% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.3 26% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 157 157 34383331696 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1823 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4622 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044642849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4178	87.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 147 Mixed 135 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 246GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 1144 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157341709 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4199 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 504692761 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 68719476761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 28 1144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19774029444689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2113938686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4132981226	54.5% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 104 Mixed 77.5 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.44 83% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 48GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 149 Write 105 Mixed 120 154% 125 MB/s	4K Read 5.09 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 1.04 161% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 93%

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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	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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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