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MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

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Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '23 at 09:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 209 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 598 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$218 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 8D94) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 115 Parallax 74.3 72% 92.4 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 71.9 71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 160 54 55 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 474 Write 427 Mixed 386 SusWrite 80.3 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 34.8 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 246 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 115 114 123 138 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 110 Write 76.2 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 126 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GF2X08QFHH36-135-K 2x16GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%

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

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 417 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	71x
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	20x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $471

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $167	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400