MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 12:49
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 62.5 57% 67.5 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 59.2 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1860 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 457 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15288942182	88.7% Excellent	Read 501 Write 393 Mixed 407 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 25.1 142% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 25.5 31% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 849GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 2295888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7631396 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 67 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14833 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 51539607572 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138375256343344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5895480441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98313667527	89.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 153 Mixed 147 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 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	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 97%

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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 $40	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