MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 152 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 532 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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. 23.21.13.8813 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 107 Parallax 61 80% 88.8 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 84 Splatting 74.3 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GB 10,917 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 424 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 180 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 15 (AE) Unknown 99 99 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 821 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 48 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16567499 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4722 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2679 (F9) Unknown 99 99 4722	120% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 497 Mixed 509 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 50.4 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 132 150% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 116%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 494GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 152007879 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8768289 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35463544963501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 253 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11914 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 73014444058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 252 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73469710565622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4388639775 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3588779108 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 91.7 Mixed 58 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.39 167% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 1x8GB 8,446 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 44%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	495x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	264x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	231x

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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16