MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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	198% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 02:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 242 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 408 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 97% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 314 313 312 314 313 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1396 Mixed 537 SusWrite 351 231% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 50.5 203% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,021 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 613 526% 782 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 345GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 404 435 445 451 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 454 Mixed 364 SusWrite 422 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.7 186% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 335 259% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$48 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 183 183 182 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 139 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 182 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$100 1,047 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 674GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 94 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 85 Write 86.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 92.8 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 659GB free, PID 1029 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 36.3 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 40.7 51% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,350 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	832x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	637x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	313x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	229x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	87x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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