MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.4% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 450 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 65.2 63% 72.8 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 69.3 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 73 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8592687139 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 43 244813135928 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47244967947 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 85 (EA) Unknown 100 100 335 (F1) Unknown 253 253 197 (F2) Unknown 253 253 175 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 406 Write 219 Mixed 204 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 4.94 60% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 59 689700903 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 175 (C2) HDA temperature 104 102 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 183 Mixed 161 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.36 138% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-043.A00G 9905678-023.A00G 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 75%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $146Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16