MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	34.9% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.3% Poor	Memory 38.4 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 46.2 23% 35.8 Pts	4-Core 70.3 8-Core 79.7 10% 75 Pts	64-Core 83.4 5% 83.4 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.9% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 59.7 32% 49.1 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 55.4 41% 50 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 528GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 281 300 324 324 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 251 Write 346 Mixed 337 SusWrite 299 70% 308 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 27.8 70% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 204 154% 206 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 125%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 157GB free Firmware: M0MA020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 269 284 241 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 309 Write 274 Mixed 274 SusWrite 226 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 18 53% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 192 146% 196 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 815GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 173 179 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 177 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 174 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 381GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 106 110 108 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 106 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEEXX-12-K 2x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 19.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 210 19% 210 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 41%

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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