MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 19:36
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Memory 43.8 1-Core 24.5 2-Core 44.1 25% 37.5 Pts	4-Core 73.6 8-Core 100 11% 86.8 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 53.8 Parallax 102 35% 66.4 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 93 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$35 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 398 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179692 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 57 50 214749741099 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4761 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4352 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4556 (F4) Unknown 100 100 18 (F5) Unknown 100 100 44 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1245504	65.3% Good	Read 500 Write 403 Mixed 422 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 10.9 57% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 11.5 29% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 722GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 117211021 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8714125 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 606339108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1073 (C2) HDA temperature 36 15 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 117211021 (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 -114443698568488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5138097890 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5047767303	90% Excellent	Read 153 Write 161 Mixed 139 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 185 22% 185 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 96%

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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	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 $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 $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