MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:25
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 2.75 3% 3.87 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (64) Unknown 100 100 577888 (65) Unknown 100 100 139488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 170 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 146029936664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1028 (EA) Unknown 100 100 574 (F1) Unknown 100 100 841 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1669 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2	69.8% Good	Read 477 Write 261 Mixed 263 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 11.5 88% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 28.9 72% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 25.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 24.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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