MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '16 at 18:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 522 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.2 92% 109 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240936624 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87260849 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 639565856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76927159242721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11685267699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 229071956631	65.7% Good	Read 130 Write 99.3 Mixed 104 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.08 31% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 496GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 94.8 Write 91.5 Mixed 72.3 109% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 88%

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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	822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
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	307x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16