MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 08:57
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 377 54% 395 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 66.2 61% 72.1 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 70.7 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 176GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60137799720 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 32 292057776178 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835492366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 489 (EA) Unknown 100 100 748 (F1) Unknown 253 253 610 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2015 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 497 Write 419 Mixed 454 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 4.4 80% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 6.11 65% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3539 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 901 (B1) Unknown 98 98 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19467906589	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 456 Mixed 477 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 29 128% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 123 143% 246 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 30090658185 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 180390133798 (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 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 181 Mixed 179 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 991GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101017840 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33015790 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 638910498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37097 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 64424509474 (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 -80457622353194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13195163406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 249276740310	99.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 144 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 1TB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 672GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 96 Write 81.7 Mixed 88.9 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%
ASMT 2115 250GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 189GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 50.4 Mixed 32.5 55% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 209%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	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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Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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