MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 21:51
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 292 39% 294 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0401) 512MB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.07% Terrible	Lighting 4.97 Reflection 5.88 Parallax 4.25 4% 5.03 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 3.52 4% 5.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.07% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6064 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (94) Unknown 100 100 7002 (95) Unknown 100 100 237 (96) Unknown 100 100 75 (97) Unknown 100 100 205 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15117 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48512	74.5% Very good	Read 513 Write 219 Mixed 272 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 25.1 112% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 35.2 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 57GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73390861 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198327828 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 111670853674 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 121 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 487784476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 21474836508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 73390861 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139234249828206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 252931882 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1604553269	61.8% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 94.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 1x8GB 748 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 54%

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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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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