MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.5% 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	86.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 15:06
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 163 62% 108 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 516 49% 407 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 60 Parallax 58.4 50% 60.1 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 68.1 53% 65 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 447GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (AF) Unknown 100 100 17180197478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420413465 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 272316 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 97 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1678 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 272316 (F2) Unknown 100 100 255876	69.1% Good	Read 266 Write 238 Mixed 251 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 30.9 118% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 117 104% 157 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 49 32 292059086899 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 444 Mixed 470 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 20.2 94% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 145 142% 224 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 98%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 90GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 419 Write 411 Mixed 418 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 23.6 82% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 13.8 45% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 576GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 260 (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 97 97 1681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 78611 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 240519217193 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 128 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 75%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 16GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 18 Write 10.9 Mixed 12.2 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.43 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.009 13% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD 2x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 108%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	857x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	285x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	412x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	127x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	117x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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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) $33	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