MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.76% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160902
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 18:31
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 198 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 548 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 60.4 Parallax 7.03 6% 24.8 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 13.9 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G39MND-3510A 256GB 987 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (64) Unknown 100 100 2514815 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 37 (B2) Unknown 100 100 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 178 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4078 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 0 90198769720 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9716 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2668 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	71.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 382 Mixed 439 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 19.5 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 11.6 17% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 824GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2602 (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 97 97 1559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 66112 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 266289020971 (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	63.4% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 125 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.15 52% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 78%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	859x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	285x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	626x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	413x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	127x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	118x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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