MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	45.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 570 46% 402 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 113% 141 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 140 Splatting 99.4 91% 112 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 140 Parallax 134 115% 138 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 SSD 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 273 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 162043 (A5) Unknown 100 100 133 (A6) Unknown 100 100 31 (A7) Unknown 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 247 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 210852 (F2) Unknown 100 100 163161 (F5) Unknown 100 100 324086	71.3% Very good	Read 499 Write 135 Mixed 212 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 27.9 119% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 18.6 50% 111 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 197913516 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 468520 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -89056146882513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 76 403046421 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 17179869205 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127582003527690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 585077698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30209681	93.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 129 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 66 115946312 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 434662 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10926396801071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 75 419823639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 217 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 21474836503 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126843269152757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 524445547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8875294	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 183 Mixed 125 124% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 392GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 85 (03) Spinup time 99 99 17194090741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 862 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1989 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9614 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 214748954650 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2603 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	55.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 87.4 Mixed 103 75% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 82%
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 309GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 38.7 51% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 23%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 225GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 61.1 Write 61.5 Mixed 57.9 78% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 41%
WDC WD64 00BPVT-00HXZT1 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 92GB free, PID 101a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 38.3 Mixed 37.3 49% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.12 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 98%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	299x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $120Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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