MSI MS-179E

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.5% 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	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star Please change product name
Motherboard	MSI MS-179E (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '22 at 14:59
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 211 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 543 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 1224) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1123 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 7.9 24% 21.1 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W256G 256GB 2,641 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 200 202 205 191 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 366 Write 344 Mixed 280 SusWrite 212 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 11.2 51% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 266 214% 302 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 96%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 877GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 117 117 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 114 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GB 96,646 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 10.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MS-179E Builds (Compare 235 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI MS-179E

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	218x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	126x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	109x

SSD
SD9SN8W256G 256GBSandiskBench 77%, 2,641 samples	27x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 96%, 18,615 samples	20x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G 256GBWDCBench 139%, 2,393 samples	20x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	32x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	30x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	23x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16