MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 452 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 93% 111 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.8 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 120GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3922 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1042 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 28 (AD) Unknown 100 100 352649548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7072800	38.4% Below average	Read 360 Write 45 Mixed 6.15 29% 137 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 4.52 64% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 2.4 23% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35211 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.5% Good	Read 116 Write 112 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 254GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 496 (03) Spinup time 179 179 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1036 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 152047 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 90.2 Write 77.2 Mixed 53.6 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2x8GB 16,423 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 103%

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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 $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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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