MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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	111% 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	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	52.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 21:26
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 648 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 128 122% 144 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 142 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 SSD 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 338 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 273 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 41945 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54038 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73213 (F5) Unknown 100 100 83890	65.8% Good	Read 505 Write 134 Mixed 212 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 19.8 116% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 19.8 32% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 166GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 85 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897550524 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1989 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7855 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 214749282337 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2603 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	65.3% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 82%
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 302GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 39.8 Mixed 39.7 52% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 23%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 55GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 63.4 Write 30.1 Mixed 42.2 53% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.19 35% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 98%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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