MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.13% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 15:31
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i7-6700HQ 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 541 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 7.06 5% 28.1 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 13.3 8% 8.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 208GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (64) Unknown 100 100 871013 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 99 99 11 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 537 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13351 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 0 77313015849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 92 1 420 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 593 (F1) Unknown 100 100 362 (F2) Unknown 100 100 681 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 959248	56% Above average	Read 504 Write 218 Mixed 265 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 12 60% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 12 33% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 118%
Toshiba THNSNJ128G8NY 128GB 7,789 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 1423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 52 24 326418825264 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 115 Mixed 258 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 38.8 118% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 142 122% 182 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 94%
Flash Disk 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 4082 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Read 14.4 Write 6.72 Mixed 10.1 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.36 42% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 12GB 2,576 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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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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