MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	254% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

20 months ago, 17 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 08:35
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 243 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 538 51% 423 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 109 Parallax 112 99% 114 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 104 Splatting 94 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

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% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 848 851 844 849 838 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 2,148 Mixed 1,683 SusWrite 880 396% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 71.8 230% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 821 596% 781 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 355%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 756GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 482 483 483 483 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 481 Mixed 449 SusWrite 482 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 57.3 194% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 928GB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 369 371 363 371 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 386 SusWrite 381 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 47.1 160% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 255 217% 319 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 576GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 174 176 173 175 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 149 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 175 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 344GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 127 125 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 96.1 Write 101 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 126 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA DT01ABA3 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 724GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.7% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 42.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 42.8 55% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 9,006 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 34.4 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,323 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	822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	633x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	309x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16