MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 29.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	16.5 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	May 07 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.9% Poor	Memory 44.8 1-Core 21.7 2-Core 45.3 25% 37.3 Pts	4-Core 84.8 8-Core 105 12% 94.9 Pts	64-Core 127 8% 127 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 97 97 1423 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 53 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 803 (AA) Unknown 100 100 382 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42 (AE) Unknown 99 99 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 494 (BE) vendor-specific 57 54 43 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	54.9% Above average	Read 496 Write 150 Mixed 225 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 19.6 73% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 40.9 41% 66.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 200GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1954 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2407 (C2) HDA temperature 103 99 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 117 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 181 22% 181 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 75%

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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