MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 10:15
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$132 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 450 62% 458 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 809D) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 30.2 21% 29.3 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 34.6 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41310RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42985128400 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 728 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 63 270584315937 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1236971094329 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5328 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9530 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8385 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11260 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 346 Mixed 278 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 22.5 128% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 41.3 96% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 306GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4389 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 130 Mixed 114 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 42%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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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 $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