MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 04:37
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 493 68% 501 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 82 Parallax 78.4 67% 80.9 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 77.4 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 352 299 307 292 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 387 SusWrite 308 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.4 220% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 103GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 361 364 364 363 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 328 Mixed 314 SusWrite 362 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44.2 177% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 134 157% 273 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 228GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 259 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 468 Write 313 Mixed 331 SusWrite 172 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 38.8 153% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 194 170% 252 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 104%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.1 3.6 3 4.3 5.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9.8 Write 26.4 SusWrite 3.5 18% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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