MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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 Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

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, 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 527 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9077 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 89.9 84% 103 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 98.7 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th 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 100 100 946 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1666 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 161 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2359402 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 46 228 549756403766 (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 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1981 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4188 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3098 (F4) Unknown 100 100 36 (F5) Unknown 100 100 106 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1229728	76.6% Very good	Read 521 Write 201 Mixed 296 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 13 115% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 42.3 86% 177 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 572GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th 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 99 99 1914 (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 98 98 943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 28952 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 214748626987 (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 200 200 106 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	65.8% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 120 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 46%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	267x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	232x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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