MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.2% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '19 at 11:14
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

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: 436.48 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 0.09 49% 42.3 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 52.8 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 3.2 22 128 4.3 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 478 Write 369 Mixed 346 SusWrite 101 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 99.8 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 0.8 15% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 86 86 86 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 86 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 47%

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

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $40	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