MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% 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	315% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 22:26
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 97 86% 99.7 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 82.5 76% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1697 1068 831 828 831 831 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 2,172 Mixed 1,729 SusWrite 1,014 411% 1,839 MB/s	4K Read 70.2 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 98.3 326% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,036 DQ Mixed 956 783% 1,124 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 419GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 478 478 477 479 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 467 Mixed 412 SusWrite 474 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 37.2 186% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 339 262% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 299 299 299 299 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 374 SusWrite 317 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.8 220% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 43 45 47 44 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 142 Write 54.4 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 45.5 74% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.8 148% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 35.5 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 30.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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