MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	34.6% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 23:46
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Memory 39 1-Core 44.8 2-Core 49.3 29% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 70.3 8-Core 72.9 10% 71.6 Pts	64-Core 75.3 5% 75.3 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 29.1 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 79.6 24% 49.2 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 75.6 56% 67 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax GX0120L9A250-E1 120GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 48 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77529186 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4271171	37.1% Below average	Read 378 Write 85.7 Mixed 28.3 35% 164 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 4.55 47% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 99.7 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 1.46 22% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 944 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 706 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 27 (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	84.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 136 Mixed 113 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 207 19% 207 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 47%

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

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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