MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	314% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 463 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 96.1 Parallax 96 87% 99.4 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 82.1 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1607 1140 829 829 830 826 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,312 Write 2,436 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1010 410% 1,831 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 99.9 334% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,418 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 1,260 945% 1,266 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 585GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 198 201 202 200 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 136 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 197 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Garmin nuvi Flash 2GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 0% 2GB free, PID 233b Operating at USB 1.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.34% Terrible	Read 0.5 Write 0.2 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 0.6 0% 0.38 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 6% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.34% Great: 0%
Garmin nuvi SD Card 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 5GB free, PID 233b Operating at USB 1.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Read 0.5 Write 0.7 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 0.1 1% 0.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 35.9 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	821x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

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	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16