MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.48% 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	59.4% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GP72MVR 7RFX
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 00:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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 (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 595 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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 (88^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 6.19 6% 28.4 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 13.6 8% 9.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128XBTMT3D58G 128GB 1,112 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0606BMS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3362 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 63 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 252 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7323 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16101 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7105	59.4% Above average	Read 490 Write 291 Mixed 228 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 3.82 61% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 0.23 32% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 885GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 194 189 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 245 (C2) HDA temperature 103 93 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76% Very good	Read 149 Write 114 Mixed 107 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 6.73 4K Mixed 0.46 234% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC Kingston 9905624-022.A00G 16GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 77%

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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	859x
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	626x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	413x
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	118x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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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