MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	186% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '23 at 18:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 550 54% 443 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 6.7 54% 25.7 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 45.3 45% 56.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv CRAS C700 RGB M.2 NVMe SSD 480GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0801L4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 732 672 673 659 426 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 1,050 Mixed 951 SusWrite 698 227% 1,016 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.5 182% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 302 339% 576 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 239%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 888GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 108 108 105 108 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 107 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 102 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 116 Write 92 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 98.7 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 512GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 85 84 83 86 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 58 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 83.3 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $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 $177	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