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MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '22 at 13:31
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$130 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 477 52% 411 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 220 Parallax 133 120% 167 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 142 Splatting 120 116% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$25 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 62 7.8 73 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 457 Write 363 Mixed 382 SusWrite 94.7 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.4 40% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$67 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 176GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 103 104 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 71.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 100 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 839GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 134 137 137 137 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 136 143% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/16G KHX2666C16/16G 32GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,433 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 $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	857x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	663x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	237x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	329x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	234x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	120x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	91x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $534

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $167	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406