MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 20:38
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 128 2-Core 227 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 704 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 40.7 24% 33.3 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 25.1 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 253GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 298 306 304 303 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 305 Mixed 290 SusWrite 300 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.6 151% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 187 162% 238 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%
Verbatim SATA-III SSD 128GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free Firmware: 4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 436 Write 282 Mixed 278 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.3 174% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 135 129% 202 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 90%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 124 125 125 124 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 109 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 134 139 138 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 103 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 135 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 68.6 Write 69.6 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 72 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $146Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x

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 $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16