MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 16:56
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 638 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.01 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 126 109 131 144 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 400 Write 195 Mixed 241 SusWrite 133 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43 161% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 180 134% 177 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 804GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 656GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 133 135 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 85.3 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 134 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 126 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $184	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