MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161102
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 565 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 12.8 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 180 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 64 154619936797 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3329845968 (F7) Unknown 100 100 104520276 (F8) Unknown 100 100 45437724 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3578 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 474 Write 321 Mixed 331 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 25.1 106% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 46.1 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 654GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 288 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3208 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233448 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 36 (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 2	44.2% Average	Read 91.5 Write 62.5 Mixed 65 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 328GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174154792 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19055552 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 16 16 84 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 320 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 638779430 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15116 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 77309411366 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.5% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 86.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 70%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 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 $94Bench 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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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