MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 197 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 586 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 134 108% 138 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 85 80 105 90 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.8% Good	Read 233 Write 127 Mixed 166 SusWrite 88.5 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 32.6 139% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 80%
T120 120GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 89GB free Firmware: 1.095.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 127 128 128 127 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 473 Write 124 Mixed 162 SusWrite 126 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 5.9 63% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 6.4 14% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 68%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 2TB 2,668 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 407 427 439 444 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 452 Mixed 437 SusWrite 424 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.9 187% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 341 257% 345 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
ST330083 1A 300GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 155GB free, PID 0502 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 10.5 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 36.9 32% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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