MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.7% 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	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 02:53
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 143 69% 111 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 531 48% 402 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11D7) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9135 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 54.9 52% 62.9 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 67 53% 65.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (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 100 100 416 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 261 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048624 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 41 21 339303792699 (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 3028 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3516 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4847 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1119488	76.2% Very good	Read 513 Write 316 Mixed 381 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 13.6 96% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 57 82% 153 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 499GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 516 (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 100 100 416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4458 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 236224249899 (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	70.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 126 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 12GB 2,576 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 16 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

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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	862x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	286x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	628x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	415x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

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

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	182x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	120x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16