MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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	98.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '22 at 20:53
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 602 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 129 Parallax 119 96% 122 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 123 Splatting 110 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 291 294 300 300 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 434 Mixed 353 SusWrite 302 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 45.7 154% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 334 252% 338 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
HS-SSD-E3000 1TB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 584GB free Firmware: SN09139 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1494 1482 1497 1570 1593 1300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,394 Write 1,696 Mixed 1,506 SusWrite 1,489 344% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 60.4 198% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 600 448% 608 MB/s
Poor: 192% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 361%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 209 212 212 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 297GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 101 103 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 78 Mixed 48 SusWrite 102 103% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 89%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

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