MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 15.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	41.3% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	80.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

6 days ago, 6 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 16:02
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6500-$196 36,587 User benchmarks - Average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	SC Int 23.3 SC Float 25.5 SC Mixed 23.7 19% 24.2 Pts	QC Int 73.9 QC Float 95.9 QC Mixed 77.8 19% 82.5 Pts	MC Int 76.2 MC Float 90.2 MC Mixed 89.9 13% 85.4 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$200 72,033 User benchmarks - Average bench 41% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.3% Average	Lighting 138 Reflection 113 Parallax 125 40% 125 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 122 Splatting 81.7 43% 95.6 fps
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$136 23,354 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 161GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 419 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 866340927	80.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 474 Mixed 502 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 26 85% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 45.8 48% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 125%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$33 3,293 User benchmarks - Average bench 76% 23GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 116 Mixed 78.7 158% 146 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.75 565% 8.61 MB/s	DQ Read 11.8 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 5.05 606% 9.44 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$22 425 User benchmarks - Average bench 24% 0GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 21 Mixed 18.4 30% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.25 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.66 83% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$128 10,718 User benchmarks - Average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 20.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 80%

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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 1,364 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $196Bench 73%, 36,587 samples	367x
Core i5-6600Intel $179Bench 80%, 14,190 samples	321x
Core i7-6700Intel $285Bench 80%, 31,483 samples	192x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $239Bench 71%, 86,048 samples	197x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 165,636 samples	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 100%, 125,269 samples	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 143,814 samples	185x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $140Bench 72%, 10,244 samples	59x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 47%, 69,571 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $128Bench 71%, 10,718 samples	138x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $76Bench 71%, 8,048 samples	97x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 6,854 samples	75x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $238	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $137	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $128	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13