MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28% 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	78.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 10:07
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 427 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3765) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 31.7 28% 30.6 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 31.8 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 174 155 172 168 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 342 Write 272 Mixed 280 SusWrite 161 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 42.4 150% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 164 134% 186 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 584GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 176 173 173 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 164 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 107%
ST1000DM 003-9YN162 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 426GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 172 168 168 171 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 70.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 162 134% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 0.4 365% 3.9 MB/s	DQ Read 0.3 DQ Write 9.4 DQ Mixed 0.3 331% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 89%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16