MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (48%). 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 07:30
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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)	30.4% Below average	Memory 47.5 1-Core 25.2 2-Core 49.5 27% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 73.7 8-Core 137 13% 105 Pts	64-Core 135 8% 135 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 127 50% 86.4 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 2,148 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 545 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 187 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55839817729 (AE) Unknown 252 252 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12 (BE) vendor-specific 72 33 28 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 359 Write 285 Mixed 299 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 11.5 63% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 11.1 35% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116183552 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2892890 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1733897023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3208 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 68719476761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
LEXAR JUMPDRIVE SPORT 0GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID a400 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 7.26 Mixed 7.75 10% 7.84 MB/s	4K Read 4.87 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.08 24% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.3 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 170 24% 170 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 81%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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