MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 205 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 654 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

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: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 121 106% 130 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 141 117 84 95 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 458 Write 458 Mixed 293 SusWrite 123 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 36.5 147% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 245 205% 298 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 100%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free Firmware: X41000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 392 Mixed 242 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.8 176% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 246 208% 304 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 105 105 104 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 103 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 191 193 187 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 60.8 Write 150 Mixed 31 SusWrite 191 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 354% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 105%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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 $40	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