MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.7% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	51.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

14 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$324 200,391 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	83% Excellent	SC Int 119 SC Float 126 SC Mixed 121 98% 122 Pts	QC Int 370 QC Float 421 QC Mixed 398 90% 396 Pts	MC Int 583 MC Float 662 MC Mixed 626 93% 624 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$200 145,105 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Lighting 143 Reflection 119 Parallax 130 43% 131 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 84.8 43% 98.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$180 3,917 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5542 (B7) Unknown 100 100 470 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 38 266288758816 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4102096661 (F7) Unknown 100 100 128257732 (F8) Unknown 100 100 49619472	91.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 397 Mixed 387 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 25.4 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 37.2 83% 171 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 17,182 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 15GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8715 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1313 (B1) Unknown 86 86 160 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294966989 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29430992152	51.2% Above average	Read 446 Write 66.7 Mixed 87.8 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 10.3 95% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 27 29% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 66%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 11,934 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2539 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 131 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.22 106% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$175 43,751 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 108%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $324Bench 90%, 200,391 samples	1,387x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 87%, 110,095 samples	1,252x
Core i5-6500Intel $195Bench 73%, 66,353 samples	321x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 98%, 309,259 samples	859x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 295,739 samples	653x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 272,624 samples	453x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 94%, 327,701 samples	449x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 96%, 196,127 samples	244x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $55Bench 48%, 139,022 samples	133x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $165Bench 72%, 24,792 samples	214x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $177Bench 84%, 70,881 samples	208x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 13,293 samples	145x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,156

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $125
Intel Core i5-8600K $222	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $125

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12