MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	87.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 592 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 130 117% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1089 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 167504904222 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25236	87.2% Excellent	Read 488 Write 412 Mixed 423 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 12 106% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 9.41 81% 191 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 196GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 75 107676037 (02) Throughput performance 94 94 564 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897353921 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1635 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 379 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1499 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2528 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 231929020447 (C4) Reallocation count 82 82 501 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 88 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	84.1% Excellent	Read 137 Write 157 Mixed 140 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 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	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,308 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 $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 $76Bench 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 $273	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 $185	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