MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	93.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 09:40
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 709 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 63.5 56% 67.6 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 56.1 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17702 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1347 (B1) Unknown 97 97 56 (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 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63025504920	93.3% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 400 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 18.8 124% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 106 132% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 134%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 47GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 201 (94) Unknown 100 100 331180 (95) Unknown 100 100 4851 (96) Unknown 100 100 4654 (97) Unknown 100 100 4799 (A4) Unknown 100 100 131696 (A5) Unknown 100 100 132 (A6) Unknown 100 100 67 (A7) Unknown 100 100 101 (A9) Unknown 100 100 90 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426207002649 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 552592 (F2) Unknown 100 100 614793 (F5) Unknown 100 100 777829 (F6) Unknown 100 100 662360 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	67.3% Good	Read 486 Write 253 Mixed 269 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 23.4 92% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 41.1 49% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 99%

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

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

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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 $130Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16