MSI H170M PRO-VDH (MS-7982)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7982
Motherboard	MSI H170M PRO-VDH (MS-7982) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 08:37
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 414 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.9% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 36.6 33% 40.3 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 35 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 25 35 41 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 77.1 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 33.1 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H170M PRO-VDH (MS-7982) Builds (Compare 290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170M PRO-VDH (MS-7982)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	63x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	52x
Core i5-6600Intel $130Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 3,364 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	7x

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Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16