MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 09:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 647 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 202 Parallax 199 149% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 127 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 512GB-$265 596 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 352GB free Firmware: N1126I Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 585 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20306 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 405 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 131047 (F2) Unknown 100 100 167180 (F5) Unknown 100 100 324896	86.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 439 Mixed 471 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 22.3 124% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 22.2 29% 50 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 6562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (64) Unknown 100 100 2065968 (65) Unknown 100 100 173872 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1218 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 629 (B7) Unknown 99 99 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 133145231386 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3694 (EA) Unknown 100 100 893 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2539 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1853 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	57.7% Above average	Read 472 Write 192 Mixed 226 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 9.64 83% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 9.52 28% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 631GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698549 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 105 105 38 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3262 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 137440198683 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 153 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 44%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $140Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16