MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	209% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 09:24
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 429 47% 371 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11D7) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4292 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 33.9 8% 18.5 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 57 33% 37.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 750GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 1123 1412 1368 1107 1103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 1,048 Mixed 1,006 SusWrite 1,221 240% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 38.9 168% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1088 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 1026 764% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 486%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 387GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 298 334 340 333 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 401 Write 377 Mixed 346 SusWrite 325 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 26.3 95% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 303 242% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GB 1,566 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

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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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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	861x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	286x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	628x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	414x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	128x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	181x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	120x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16