MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	109% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 14:25
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 252 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 594 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2253 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 122 Parallax 117 100% 121 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$117 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 132 (A3) Unknown 100 100 33 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53807 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3581 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 135162 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124883 (F5) Unknown 100 100 215228	109% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 376 Mixed 437 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.2 169% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 71.6 116% 222 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2595 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 141 Mixed 134 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.36 124% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 505GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 120 Write 97.3 Mixed 81.8 122% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 52%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 295GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 104 150% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 98GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 143 Write 97.6 Mixed 94.3 134% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.5 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 103%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	830x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	312x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369