MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 11:55
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 427 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 455.41 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 120 Parallax 116 102% 121 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.9 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 331 100 105 96 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 419 Mixed 370 SusWrite 172 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 53 167% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 356 263% 347 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 131%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 25GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 432 Mixed 348 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 45.8 165% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 173 180% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 101GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 90 81 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 79.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 90.3 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 272GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 99 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 102 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 99.1 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 77%

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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	820x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16