MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	273% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 14:52
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 198 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 392 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.6% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 53.8 44% 56.4 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 50.1 45% 55.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 655 652 649 650 532 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,432 Write 2,248 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 671 371% 1,664 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 82.2 272% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 1,027 DQ Mixed 1,104 832% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 314 313 303 123 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 467 Mixed 381 SusWrite 257 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.2 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 316 239% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 481GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 108 111 111 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 178 Write 138 Mixed 81 SusWrite 109 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 190GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 69 69 72 77 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 84 Write 86 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 72.6 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GNT 0420 F4-2133C15-4GVR 0420 F4-2133C15-4GNT 0420 F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 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 $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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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