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MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79% 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	296% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 711 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3252) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.5 83% 99.8 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 84.8 72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1631 1646 1674 1703 1535 501 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 1,711 Write 1,697 Mixed 1,215 SusWrite 1,448 342% 1,518 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 90.9 318% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 864 DQ Write 967 DQ Mixed 608 543% 813 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 295%
Intel SSDPE2MW800G4 800GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 150GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 817 864 895 895 887 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 983 Write 897 Mixed 560 SusWrite 863 185% 826 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 48.7 248% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,447 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 948 766% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 217%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.1 7 7 7 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 7.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 7 10% 7.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 96%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,401 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	850x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	650x
Core i7-6700Intel $160Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	232x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	318x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	90x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $493

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