MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	83.8% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 23:36
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 644 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 137 106% 137 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 209 95 170 175 153 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 433 Write 454 Mixed 362 SusWrite 180 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 39.7 132% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 200 183% 280 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 381GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 365 326 327 327 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 416 Mixed 340 SusWrite 343 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 55.7 189% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 338 256% 345 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 243GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 375 375 375 376 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,089 Write 779 Mixed 700 SusWrite 400 165% 742 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.7 185% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 445 372% 542 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 155%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 135 137 143 143 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 159 Mixed 68 SusWrite 140 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 146 157 159 161 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 82 Write 124 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 156 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 206% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 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	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 104%

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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