MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive94.5% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 17 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 243
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 467
63% 467 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 87%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500
Gigabyte(1458 22FB) 2GB
CLim: 1287 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Relative performance (0th percentile)
9.29% Terrible
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 30.8
Parallax 43.4
0% 24.8 fps
MRender 31.3
Gravity 32.5
Splatting 35.1
27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 9.29%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41320RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 305 300 292 294 298 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 424
Mixed 252
SusWrite 303
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 98.4
4K Mixed 37.3
143% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 228
195% 288 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
17GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 117 100 99 162 150 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Read 163
Write 158
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 131
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
42.1% Average
MC Read 15.2
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 11.2
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 12.1
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 61.9
65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 42%

 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 398 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

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