MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.4% 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	257% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 19:37
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 156 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 377 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.9% 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 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 135 Parallax 123 98% 126 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 135 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1514 942 619 627 630 627 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,502 Write 2,158 Mixed 1,436 SusWrite 827 386% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 73.2 247% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 732 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 676 508% 678 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 446GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 323 149 116 114 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 477 Write 463 Mixed 366 SusWrite 212 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 36.7 126% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 186 172% 265 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2133C14D4/8G 48GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	824x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	310x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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