MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 453 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.4 62% 73.6 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 73 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro. 256GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 180GB free Firmware: JYRA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 7390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339347999 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	99.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 454 Mixed 481 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 35.9 124% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 131 145% 244 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 15174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2689 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 169 169 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 437 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454183968 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 504 Write 70.4 Mixed 486 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 35.8 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 149 149% 239 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 558GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 27 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3410 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11584 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9805 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 97 97 3570 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3465 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 13926 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569019933 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1306 (DF) Load/unload retry count 97 97 3570 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 168560	50.7% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 88.9 Mixed 76.3 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.31 72% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%
Toshiba MK5059GSX 500GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 460GB free Firmware: GK003A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2121 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5160 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 23839 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4076 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 178533 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928889375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 343 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 41 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3543 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 335 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	34.7% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 59 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 42%
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 150 3291 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9929 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.6% Average	Read 75.4 Write 69.4 Mixed 62 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x4GB 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 82%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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