MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	41.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 13:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$170 282,363 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 (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 639 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 66.4 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 69.6 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 1373 1405 1386 1115 736 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,970 Write 1,440 Mixed 858 SusWrite 1,206 305% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 59.8 237% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 373 345% 545 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 281GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 436 445 453 450 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 467 Mixed 393 SusWrite 442 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.6 180% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 228 186% 261 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 919GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 91 Write 92.2 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 92.1 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 135 137 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 126 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 134 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-066.A00G 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-066.A00G 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	100x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Total price: $511

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