MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GP72MVR 7RGX
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 04:56
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 600 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8831 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 84.6 81% 98 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 91.5 72% 86.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GB 10,917 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1044 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 384 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 50 (AE) Unknown 99 99 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 791 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 51 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 16078164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22034 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3475 (F9) Unknown 99 99 22034	122% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 478 Mixed 497 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 52.2 185% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 140 162% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 116%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 912GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 761 (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 98 98 1044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2683 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864708127 (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 200 200 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 146 Mixed 132 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 46%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	495x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	264x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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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 $15	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