MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 00:15
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 135 2-Core 246 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 696 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 129 Parallax 121 103% 126 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 122 Splatting 96 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 73 5.1 56 114 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 486 Write 412 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 102 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 4.3 49% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 195GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 239 232 230 229 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 439 Write 247 Mixed 166 SusWrite 235 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 25.3 125% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 57.9 106% 212 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 184GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 339 340 340 339 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 422 Write 314 Mixed 180 SusWrite 337 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 28.7 126% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 67.6 101% 193 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 574GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 121 123 122 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 112 Write 120 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 125 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.3 223% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 190GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 80.4 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 89%

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

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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