MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79% 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 Drive296% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151218
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 06 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration215 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Memory 91.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 257
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 511
8-Core 711
77% 611 Pts
64-Core 709
44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3252) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 104
Parallax 94.5
83% 99.8 fps
MRender 88.4
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 84.8
72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB
863GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1631 1646 1674 1703 1535 501 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
296% Outstanding
Read 1,711
Write 1,697
Mixed 1,215
SusWrite 1,448
342% 1,518 MB/s
4K Read 66.4
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 90.9
318% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 967
DQ Mixed 608
543% 813 MB/s
Poor: 139%
This bench: 296%
Great: 295%
Intel SSDPE2MW800G4 800GB
150GB free
Firmware: 8EV10135
SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 817 864 895 895 887 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 983
Write 897
Mixed 560
SusWrite 863
185% 826 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 234
4K Mixed 48.7
248% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,447
DQ Write 892
DQ Mixed 948
766% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 217%
Great: 217%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB
3GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.1 7 7 7 7.1 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
4.24% Terrible
Read 12.5
Write 7.8
Mixed 4.3
SusWrite 7
10% 7.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.24%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
76.3% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 24
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 25.2
72% 25.1 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $589
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