MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.4% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '16 at 16:36
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 425 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 50.3 Parallax 58 35% 50.3 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 39.3 35% 42.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2782 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 55 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2476691854	88.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 389 Mixed 404 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 24.9 142% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 24.9 30% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 118GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13023320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -105544526327980 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 81606803483 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 81606803483 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13023320 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13023320 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13023320 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1429 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1092 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1092 (F2) Unknown 0 0 998 (F4) Unknown 100 100 720898	66.5% Good	Read 500 Write 317 Mixed 289 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 16.6 68% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 23.2 51% 108 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 107%

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

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,250 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	300x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	230x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16