MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics128% 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 Drive177% 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.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150906
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 31 '19 at 19:54
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 114
2-Core 227
78% 140 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 599
61% 493 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 190
Parallax 194
146% 188 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 176
Splatting 123
114% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 223 227 223 221 218 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
177% Outstanding
Read 1,747
Write 1,302
Mixed 499
SusWrite 279
211% 957 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 50.7
184% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 820
DQ Write 695
DQ Mixed 605
495% 707 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 177%
Great: 236%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46
66GB free
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 368 440 445 446 437 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 433
Mixed 412
SusWrite 420
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 97.3
4K Mixed 51.6
177% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 278
226% 321 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 115%
Great: 125%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
245GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 146 146 146 150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 148
Write 133
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 144
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.6
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 22.3
62% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $408
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