MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 10:58
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 636 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.6 89% 106 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 99 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 120208986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 57543971841892 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1735 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 222 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 77 60134588448 (C2) HDA temperature 32 77 60134588448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 120208986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 120208986 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 120208986 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31081 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11502 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11502 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16221
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 8GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4660 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 296 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835050 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159609892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3729 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3585 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3887 (F4) Unknown 100 100 28 (F5) Unknown 100 100 42 (F6) Unknown 100 100 660592	96.4% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 453 Mixed 488 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.7 121% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 59 113% 224 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 83%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 21GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 164 2700 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3150 (C2) HDA temperature 105 89 38 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.3% Below average	Read 55 Write 60.6 Mixed 57.6 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 97%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

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	223x

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 $90Bench 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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