MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	153% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 10:28
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 594 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% 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: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 65.9 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.7 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% 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% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 254 244 254 257 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,531 Write 267 Mixed 391 SusWrite 252 132% 610 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 51.4 208% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 249 200% 282 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 241%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 44GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 440 423 445 457 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 416 Mixed 263 SusWrite 438 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.8 149% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 161 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 159GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 70 Write 36.7 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 80.6 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 263GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 109 113 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 110 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 103%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16