MSI MS-176K

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	Micro-Star GX70 3BE
Motherboard	MSI MS-176K (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130507
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '16 at 14:57
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5750M APU 4,247 User benchmarks, average bench 41% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 72.1 1-Core 55.1 2-Core 99.2 48% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 138 21% 152 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8650G 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 10EF) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6 Parallax 5.91 3% 5.32 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 5 4% 4.18 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: M1011E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3869 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49485 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 20 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 92 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 105791 (A5) Unknown 100 100 152 (A6) Unknown 100 100 50 (A7) Unknown 100 100 105 (F1) Unknown 100 100 140527 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187358 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99	65.8% Good	Read 469 Write 136 Mixed 209 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 26.9 105% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 9.03 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 249GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 200 200 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5004 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3914 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 302704 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864904740 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 86.9 Mixed 87.4 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 68%
SRT USB 64GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 55GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 128 Write 39 Mixed 105 106% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.16 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 1.05 100% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2S8G64CC8HB5N-DI 1x8GB 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.2% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 3.9 MC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.8 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 32%

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

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Typical MS-176K Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-176K

CPU
A10-5750M APUAMDBench 41%, 4,247 samples	33x

GPU
Radeon HD 8650GAMDBench 5%, 4,043 samples	29x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 4%, 6 samples	2x
R9 M290XAMDBench 22%, 1,411 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
HG5d Q Series mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 74%, 741 samples	2x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	9x
M2S8G64CC8HB5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 51%, 1,393 samples	3x
MIF4D1D167HZ1J 1x8GBAdataBench 29%, 544 samples	3x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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