MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.16% 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	83.9% 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 (20%). 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 06:10
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 187 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 357 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4770 1,570 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2900) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 8.97 7% 8.94 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 12.2 8% 8.87 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^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 3111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1372 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2987 (AA) Unknown 100 100 389 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114160 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 887 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044773923 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1506 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1506 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3917 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8652 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7062 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48 (F6) Unknown 100 100 825344	83.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 473 Mixed 481 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 13 96% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 19.6 58% 116 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 345GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24431928 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 377982085 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2404 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24677 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 64424509471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 132 12500 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88630945112891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33994673403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 175537312804	95.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
PNY OU2 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 9GB free, PID 6100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Read 25.4 Write 7.14 Mixed 6.12 13% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.55 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 89%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	303x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	230x
Core i5-6600Intel $122Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x
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 $80Bench 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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