MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 05:12
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 143 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 219 24% 193 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 102 62% 91.8 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 75.6 76% 95.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT120M500SSD1 120GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 86 86 82 84 98 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 386 Write 135 Mixed 196 SusWrite 88.7 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 28.6 107% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 146 120% 176 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 76%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 279GB free Firmware: 01.03A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 104 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 66 SusWrite 105 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 23.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 115%

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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%

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 $300	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