MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.3% 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	130% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '21 at 13:28
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$327 234,058 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 229 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 616 65% 506 Pts	64-Core 620 42% 620 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 362,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 97% 124 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 125 Splatting 113 97% 111 fps
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$120 20,812 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 453 489 491 464 490 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 474 Mixed 445 SusWrite 449 104% 458 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.7 217% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 268% 355 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$105 18,277 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 201GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 101 103 101 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 101 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 110%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 280,076 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 20GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 112 113 111 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 123 Write 105 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 111 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.9 226% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 80%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 30,226 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 32.6 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 37 47% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 142% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 60%
DISK 8GB 848 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.5 6.6 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 3.2 Mixed 1.2 SusWrite 6.4 7% 6.93 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$75 561,752 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	18.4"	1280 720	GSM4B91 W1941

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $235Bench 71%, 218,163 samples	165x
Core i7-6700Intel $350Bench 76%, 267,152 samples	149x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 83%, 588,376 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,237,858 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,188,482 samples	91x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 722,048 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 103%, 898,784 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 110%, 708,975 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 554,953 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 71%, 58,869 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 69%, 49,594 samples	26x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 44,707 samples	24x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16