MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	84.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 10:04
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 441 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 61.6 57% 66.8 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 54.9 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19312 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2983 (B1) Unknown 92 92 265 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 484 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29287655199	84.8% Excellent	Read 521 Write 369 Mixed 412 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 20.8 131% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 20.7 31% 55 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 110%
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 12GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1013 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 64 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2359356 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 64 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4652	88.6% Excellent	Read 297 Write 484 Mixed 495 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 13.6 119% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 13.7 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 91%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 286GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1790 (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 75 75 11082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 40479 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 219043725335 (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	44.7% Average	Read 69.3 Write 86.4 Mixed 65.7 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 26.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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