MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	157% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '21 at 23:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 798 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 213 Parallax 217 181% 217 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 156 Splatting 139 132% 165 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 195 192 191 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,614 Write 216 Mixed 258 SusWrite 195 122% 571 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 38.7 180% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 370 335% 530 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 236%
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 95GB free Firmware: 0G1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 65 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 429 Mixed 409 SusWrite 104 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.3 181% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 241 199% 286 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 811GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 476 480 488 492 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 490 Mixed 460 SusWrite 482 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.5 223% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 137%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 342GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 133 132 134 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 132 SusWrite 132 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 29.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 120%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	631x
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	222x

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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