MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	176% 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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '22 at 23:07
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 508 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1277 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 120 Parallax 93.4 77% 103 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 100 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 571 570 595 539 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1278 Write 586 Mixed 640 SusWrite 559 170% 766 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 56.2 203% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 539 431% 604 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 176%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 790GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 124 123 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 122 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHYXPX-MIE Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 23.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	495x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	264x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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