MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 17:26
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 652 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.4 85% 105 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (64) Unknown 100 100 116160 (65) Unknown 100 100 92288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2652 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 124555427869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 171 (EA) Unknown 100 100 48 (F1) Unknown 100 100 130 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 483 Write 253 Mixed 267 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 12.3 84% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 29.8 67% 141 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23519888 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 57 185020388565 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 90195689493 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2819 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31490700224603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -83544480122455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80190969873543	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 175 Mixed 150 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
USB DISK Pro 16GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 4123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.88% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 9.48 Mixed 12.8 17% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.59 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.88% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 4x8GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,321 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	822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	308x
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 $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16