MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '24 at 22:20
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 639 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Sapphire(1DA2 E445) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 292 69% 155 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 150 Splatting 206 125% 144 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 394 Mixed 264 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 44.6 137% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 164 177% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$77 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 69GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 369 381 370 370 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 451 Mixed 440 SusWrite 370 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 55.7 182% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	55	120	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7089 LC32G5xT

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Typical H170M-A PRO (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 85 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $72Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	15x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	4x
SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 111 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16