MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	99.3% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 08:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 691 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 168 93% 125 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 127 Splatting 130 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 175 81 162 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 494 Mixed 375 SusWrite 194 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.5 170% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 208 192% 293 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%
Tcsunbow X3 480GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 163GB free Firmware: S0509A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 228 62 30 48 49 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 484 Write 409 Mixed 21 SusWrite 139 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 1.1 57% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 0.6 60% 142 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 312GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 88 89 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 90 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 88.1 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 674GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 107 109 108 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 109 Write 99.3 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 107 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 79%

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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	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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