MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 00:27
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 715 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.1 61% 73.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 73.7 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 40GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2610040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -88502096090360 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3731 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 515 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 10306 (C2) HDA temperature 26 38 60132032538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2610040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2610040 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2610040 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5011 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5976 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5976 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7266	49.6% Average	Read 183 Write 102 Mixed 124 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 12.4 104% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 43 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 87 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (64) Unknown 100 100 6617440 (65) Unknown 100 100 735200 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 3901 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 629 (B7) Unknown 95 95 34 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 100 1009318232087 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 87 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 87 (E7) Temperature 88 88 12 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11546 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3746 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7878 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5451 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 87	62.4% Good	Read 481 Write 193 Mixed 224 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 11.9 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 25.2 57% 126 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 877GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239995688 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84405193 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71302 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 55834574871 (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 -40711994984549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14530800209 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10297566171	95.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 165 Mixed 165 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 160GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 37.5 Mixed 31.5 45% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.11 17% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G Samsung M378A1G43EB1-CPB 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $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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Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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