MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '16 at 17:07
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 463 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 20.1 18% 18.3 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 16.5 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 21 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 394 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 97 97 21 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 97 97 21 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 14 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3028749095	105% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 397 Mixed 417 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 42.9 153% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 113 136% 241 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 198GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9852 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13516 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5040 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 94 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28360761 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 31	45.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.9 Mixed 79 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 80GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 9763 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 191 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 355 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (B5) Unknown 100 100 70138 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2204433 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684642340 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 192	62.4% Good	Read 101 Write 116 Mixed 92.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 72%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 72GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2814 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.9% Average	Read 86.6 Write 76.5 Mixed 76.5 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 72%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB-$46 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 15GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 190 Write 28.2 Mixed 47.6 82% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.37 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.04 39% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.3 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

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) $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