MSI MS-179C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.3% 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 Drive191% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
MotherboardMSI MS-179C  (all builds)
Memory29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 08 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 87.1
2-Core 175
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 303
8-Core 482
48% 393 Pts
64-Core 492
30% 492 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1634
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Lighting 97.6
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.3
80% 101 fps
MRender 91.1
Gravity 87.8
Splatting 97
76% 92 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 1057 1287 1362 1490 1434 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
191% Outstanding
Read 1,407
Write 1,507
Mixed 800
SusWrite 1,307
282% 1,255 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 59
4K Mixed 43.6
140% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 257
192% 255 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 191%
Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
317GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 358 419 433 450 444 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Read 463
Write 424
Mixed 358
SusWrite 418
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 35.1
111% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 188
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 179
136% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 9905630-039.A00G 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.2% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 25.4
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 22.1
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 78%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MS-179C Builds (Compare 495 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

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