MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 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	110% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 604 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 120% 147 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 SSD 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd 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 100 100 770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 273 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 106989 (A5) Unknown 100 100 121 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 61 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1497 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 142027 (F2) Unknown 100 100 116504 (F5) Unknown 100 100 213978	63.3% Good	Read 491 Write 133 Mixed 213 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 19 111% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 18.5 28% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 75GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 85 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897222843 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 800 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1989 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8010 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749282336 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2603 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	60% Above average	Read 110 Write 99.2 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.17 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 82%
WDC WD64 00BPVT-00HXZT1 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 459GB free, PID 101a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.6% Very poor	Read 39 Write 39 Mixed 37 49% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 161GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 82.2 Mixed 56.7 93% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 41%
WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 39 Write 40.6 Mixed 39.5 52% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 4x16GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 98%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	302x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	230x
Core i5-6600Intel $124Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	166x
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 $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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