MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 17:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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 (88^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 185 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 554 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8476 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 57.6 82% 90.1 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 73.7 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 516 Mixed 622 195% 894 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 18.6 122% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 42.9 101% 213 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 155%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 819GB free Firmware: JB0OA3V0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (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 26 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 184 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 201864708128 (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	70.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 124 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%
ST950042 0AS 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 237GB free, PID 6208 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.6% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 35.7 Mixed 17.2 33% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.32 53% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905630-039.A00G 2x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 113%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	496x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	265x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16