MSI MS-179C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.7% 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 Drive70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
MotherboardMSI MS-179C  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170419
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '18 at 18:51
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 81.7
2-Core 163
65% 110 Pts
4-Core 305
8-Core 563
52% 434 Pts
64-Core 563
35% 563 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9077
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 115
Parallax 89.7
84% 102 fps
MRender 93.8
Gravity 90.3
Splatting 99.3
78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GB
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Read 520
Write 199
Mixed 299
74% 339 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 13.2
115% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 31.7
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 48.3
57% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
654GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 127
Write 129
Mixed 131
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.2
68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
43.9% Average
MC Read 15.7
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 12.7
41% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 15.8
SC Mixed 14.8
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 72.4
55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-179C Builds (Compare 498 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

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