MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.1% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '16 at 02:43
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 699 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 39.4 37% 43.1 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 35.2 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 18 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (AA) Unknown 100 100 382 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 3 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BE) vendor-specific 58 54 42 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	75.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 152 Mixed 224 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 15.5 124% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 67.5 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 651GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1139 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.9% Very good	Read 113 Write 151 Mixed 147 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.25 132% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 1314 99[2/7/4]191F 0215 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16