MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.3% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 08:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (97^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 88 1-Core 108 2-Core 181 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 269 37% 275 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.3% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 49.9 Parallax 52 34% 48.1 fps	MRender 49.6 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 38.7 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2582 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 53 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2249747043	95.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 409 Mixed 418 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 25.2 147% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 25.4 57% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 112GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 91454195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 8632884268685 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 37 81606803486 (C2) HDA temperature 30 37 81606803486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 91454195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 91454195 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 91454195 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1367 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1065 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1065 (F2) Unknown 0 0 942 (F4) Unknown 100 100 655362	60.8% Good	Read 430 Write 224 Mixed 251 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 18.1 79% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 49.8 62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 65%
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 124GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 77GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 4 0 4 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 370270 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	35% Below average	Read 233 Write 156 Mixed 184 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 6.14 48% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 82.2 DQ Write 30.9 DQ Mixed 6.47 18% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 4x4GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 41%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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