MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.6% 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	84% 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.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 10:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$71 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 380 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.6% Below average	Lighting 35.1 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 81.4 29% 53.4 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 78 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 282 317 355 365 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 453 Write 463 Mixed 402 SusWrite 335 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 35.4 113% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 223 167% 223 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 156GB free Firmware: SD22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 101 103 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 31.5 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 101 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 295GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 127 127 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	299x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $123Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16