MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	99.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 13:05
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$81 342,244 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 (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 505 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 104% 131 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 656 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8189931839	99.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 396 Mixed 409 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 33.2 144% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 82 110% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 587GB free Firmware: CC46 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 114 99 66488304 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24410432 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2350 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29264 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 60129542177 (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 -49138720829854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8379932725 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100043092310	66.1% Good	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 113 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 1694 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4298 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3921 (C2) HDA temperature 106 88 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1702 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 97.9 Mixed 86.1 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.27 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 155 Write 39.6 Mixed 62.2 89% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.31 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.56 124% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 38%

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 (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% 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 $95Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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