MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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. 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	95.1% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '16 at 18:06
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 323 43% 324 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 1346) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 17 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer 120MG100-A1 120GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 100 100 644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 373 (A9) Unknown 100 100 589827 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 177 177 12922454063 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2055 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8282099712 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13396822464 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2067952812 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1775197170	95.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 423 Mixed 462 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 21.6 128% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 24.4 88% 193 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 105%
hp v220w 4GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Read 38.2 Write 6.57 Mixed 7.92 16% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.34 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 24% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
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 $90Bench 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 $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 $45	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