MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	40.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '21 at 22:43
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Memory 44 1-Core 22.1 2-Core 68 27% 44.7 Pts	4-Core 40.4 8-Core 88.8 8% 64.6 Pts	64-Core 79.2 5% 79.2 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 25.6% 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: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.1% Good	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 109 Parallax 126 48% 97.8 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 125 Splatting 114 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 189 190 186 206 192 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 755 Write 644 Mixed 455 SusWrite 229 116% 521 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 22.8 79% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 136 92% 111 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 390GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 249 127 133 133 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 406 Write 390 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 166 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 21.9 66% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 96.5 81% 118 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 92%
ASMedia ASM1153 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 54GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 60 55 49 45 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 8.7 Write 24.6 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 49.7 38% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 65%
WD Elements 2620 4TB 3,758 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 764GB free, PID 2620 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 35 35 20 36 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 40 Write 48.8 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 35 51% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 64%

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 below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 5 11% 3.8 GB/s	Latency 184 22% 184 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 71%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,316 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	821x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16