MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive106% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150730
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 10 '19 at 08:49
Run Duration465 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 704
70% 571 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 203
Parallax 187
139% 187 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 176
Splatting 124
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 431 434 303 304 298 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 434
Write 438
Mixed 343
SusWrite 358
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 43.4
169% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 255
217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 106%
Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25
44GB free
Firmware: MS1O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 140 139 140 140 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
87% Excellent
Read 164
Write 150
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 139
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.5
127% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 87%
Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
395GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 143 127 145 141 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 96.5
Write 94.3
Mixed 66
SusWrite 141
73% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 30.1
SC Mixed 19.4
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 73%
Great: 137%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $521
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