MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB 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 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	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 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 (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 716 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 114% 135 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 157 145 145 149 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 440 Mixed 378 SusWrite 180 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.7 215% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 439GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 398 403 364 378 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 481 Mixed 381 SusWrite 384 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 42 159% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 341 241% 308 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,000 Write 1406 Mixed 710 302% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 63.1 268% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1257 DQ Mixed 734 696% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$40 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 593GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 123 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 125 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 225% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 994GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 129 129 128 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 91 SusWrite 129 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 0215 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 0215 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 0215 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 98%

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Gaming 51%

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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	826x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 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	311x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	225x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16