MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	285% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 23:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 707 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.6 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 74 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 1000 1093 1100 1090 989 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,147 Write 1,060 Mixed 1,013 SusWrite 960 287% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 93.6 319% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 1048 DQ Mixed 634 563% 837 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 241%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8GB free Firmware: X21200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 444 Mixed 276 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.7 172% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 160 171% 284 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 110 109 110 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 109 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 365GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 138 140 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 137 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM44GU48A30-GIIHM 2x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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