MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	30.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 13:24
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 108 2-Core 183 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 529 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 133 Parallax 125 100% 127 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 107 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 96 114 71 57 55 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.5% Below average	Read 114 Write 171 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 88.7 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 6.8 26% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 91.6 121% 221 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 625GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 123 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 140 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 118 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 649GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 171 171 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 158 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 171 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7 500GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 199GB free Firmware: AH10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 73.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 71.9 44% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 2x8GB 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 80%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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