MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 21:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 706 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.18 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 199 Parallax 195 137% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 179 Splatting 121 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,187 Write 1,170 Mixed 1,180 333% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 38 198% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 183 204% 347 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8616285793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -96301756694395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 87 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 42 81607131166 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 81607131166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 106 8616285793 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 106 106 8616285793 (CC) Soft ECC correction 106 106 8616285793 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 75 75 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 108377 (EA) Unknown 0 0 445157 (F1) Unknown 0 0 445157 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6006 (F4) Unknown 72 72 56427357	58.5% Above average	Read 344 Write 132 Mixed 173 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.1 118% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 14.6 28% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 170GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2619 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11069 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3432 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 193274707998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 732 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 148285	43.9% Average	Read 61.9 Write 91 Mixed 61.6 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 23 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 95%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	300x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	230x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

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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