MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29% 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	100% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	461 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 405 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C7) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 39 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 31.8 32% 35.1 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 34.2 23% 27.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 61 60 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13299030420	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 404 Mixed 407 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 32.8 161% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 27.1 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 11 Mixed 15.1 20% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.57 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.58 77% 3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 8.05 Mixed 11.6 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 1.4 126% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 13%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 19 Write 4 Mixed 6.22 10% 9.74 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 1.48 147% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 24 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 89%

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

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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