MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 09:53
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 640 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 197 Parallax 193 137% 186 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 168 Splatting 124 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY EU SSD CS1311 240GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2615 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 747 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 277 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376302 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7369	46.9% Average	Read 295 Write 39.6 Mixed 276 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 6.81 88% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 2.45 52% 125 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 131177446 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35543693 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 63 404095000 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1287 (C2) HDA temperature 24 16 68719476760 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 131177446 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105445742082114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10210451503 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17628561913	92.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 137 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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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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Total price: $408

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