MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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	6.73% 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	81.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GL72VR 7RFX
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 187 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 569 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 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.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.73% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 6.97 6% 28.1 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 14 8% 9.99 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 1310 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 316 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786482 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 58 36 274879021098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1201 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2708 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5086 (F4) Unknown 100 100 12 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50 (F6) Unknown 100 100 840224	81.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 324 Mixed 393 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 13.3 102% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 12.5 86% 198 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 501GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 76894324 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15972441 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5007931868446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 672596002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45621 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 60129542178 (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 54344221196897 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3569182268 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6281133726 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 96.1 Mixed 73.1 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 4.75 4K Mixed 0.13 137% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 71%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 518GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 96 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 859B BLS8G4S240FSD.16FBD 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

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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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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