MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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.
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.

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Run History

18 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '22 at 15:14
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 649 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 214 Parallax 222 185% 221 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 155 Splatting 139 131% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 396 Mixed 367 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 47.9 159% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 106 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 113 SusWrite 107 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 120GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 197 199 199 192 203 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 199 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 93%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16