MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% 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	89.7% 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	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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '21 at 09:46
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 678 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 202 Parallax 192 173% 202 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 146 Splatting 131 124% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU750 256GB 3,130 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4R05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 37 38 214 37 47 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 345 Write 391 Mixed 354 SusWrite 106 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.8 183% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 254 199% 273 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 642GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 156 153 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 118 SusWrite 155 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6 5.9 6 5.7 6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.35% Terrible	Read 12 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.9 8% 6.65 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.35% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 2x8GB 5,016 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 19.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 54: 5R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
54%	46%	48	333	268	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24A4 VG248

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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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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