MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	23%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 559 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 6.31 6% 28.4 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 13.7 8% 9.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G39MNC-3510A 256GB 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 303 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 223339544608 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 314 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 460 (F2) Unknown 100 100 758 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 125888	84.5% Excellent	Read 513 Write 323 Mixed 395 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 13.4 111% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 51 104% 210 MB/s

HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 914GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 617 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 231929151510 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GB 1,566 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	857x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	285x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	412x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	127x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	117x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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