MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	84.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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, 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GP72MVR 7RGX
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 12:17
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 602 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6140 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 176 Parallax 99.1 82% 125 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 99 Splatting 108 84% 102 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GB 10,917 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 265 269 268 269 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 468 Write 224 Mixed 336 SusWrite 285 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 32.7 127% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 131 118% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 116%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 669GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 376 380 383 390 374 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 486 Write 284 Mixed 341 SusWrite 378 276% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 34.5 6,034% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 270 2,622% 303 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 859B BLS16G4S240FSD.16FBD 32GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

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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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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	267x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	232x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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