MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 22:26
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 224 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 663 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2653) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.33% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 13.4 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 12.1 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 408 433 333 312 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 338 SusWrite 367 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.6 196% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 220GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 69 71 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 90.3 Write 78.8 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 70.7 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 27GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 7GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 28 29 29 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 64.7 Write 56.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 28.3 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 103%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 589GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 36 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 37.6 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 19%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 517GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 35.6 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 37.5 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%
ST350032 0AS 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 140GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 35 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 36.1 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 36.9 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 500GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 28 29 29 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 109 Write 98.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 28.3 93% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 42%
Seagate External 2TB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 3332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 180 178 172 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 158 Write 103 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 175 176% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 72% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 64%
WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Z3A0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 901GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 39 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 34.2 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 37.8 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $125Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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