MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	44.1% 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	78% 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	61%

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 i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 173 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 266 33% 251 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.1% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 67 45% 59.6 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 48 42% 52.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL 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 253 100 2046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 99 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 42 180389609498 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 266 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4360 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1748 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2437 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78% Very good	Read 426 Write 251 Mixed 278 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 22.3 122% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 48 83% 163 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 581GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 167105845 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 98934426944 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2691 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 73015623708 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 571539490 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 10 167105845 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 89.1 Write 63.7 Mixed 74.7 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 1x16GB 1,752 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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