MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 19:06
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 413 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 120% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 120GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 179 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196618 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 596	73.6% Very good	Read 366 Write 369 Mixed 383 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 13.8 116% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 13.8 28% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 78GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1870 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.7% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 53.3 Mixed 44.4 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.09 25% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 27GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 55 0 (03) Spinup time 177 163 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1876 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.1% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 42.2 Mixed 37.3 30% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.17 30% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 14.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 100%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	15x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	4x
SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 111 samples	4x

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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