MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	298% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 532 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 123 108% 134 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,895 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,507 426% 1,938 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 51.5 245% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 32 152% 346 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8553 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 978 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7451636383	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.2 195% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 29.7 64% 122 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 217GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13381 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.8% Very good	Read 155 Write 112 Mixed 99 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

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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 $76Bench 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