MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 390 61% 437 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB; kfa2 CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 106 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 63.2 86% 82 fps	Gravity 68.7 Splatting 70.7 62% 69.7 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free Firmware: SBFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 73 73 280 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327690 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 750	69.7% Good	Read 312 Write 278 Mixed 296 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 8.39 105% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 13.7 76% 172 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4160 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (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	82.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 127 Mixed 127 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12897943750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1967 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1995 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171799412772 (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	55.4% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 105 Mixed 93.5 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.11 35% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 103%
Seagate ST92503010AS 250GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 13GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143472779 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5640757 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9962 (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 72 49 521601052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28411 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 34 143472779 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133083856634284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 733990693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3533603656 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.9% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 60.8 Mixed 55.2 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.28 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 47%

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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