MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.26% 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	54.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 10:05
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 578 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 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)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 7.44 6% 24.5 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180S3128GI1 128GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK60B9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 30 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 58 45 236224512042 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2546 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1796 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2377 (F4) Unknown 100 100 35 (F5) Unknown 100 100 72 (F6) Unknown 100 100 531472	54.7% Above average	Read 307 Write 326 Mixed 377 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 8.25 70% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 7.13 20% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 258GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 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 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (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 96 96 2022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58913 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240519217189 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 78%

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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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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