MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 15:25
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 678 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2653) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 13.5 8% 12.5 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 13.9 Splatting 12.1 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 373 307 312 408 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 232 Mixed 350 SusWrite 376 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59 195% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 221GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 71 71 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 70.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 70.6 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 69%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 27GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 34 Mixed 25 SusWrite 35.5 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 103%
WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Z3A0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 906GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 32.6 Mixed 30 SusWrite 37.8 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 79% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 20%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 595GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 36.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 37.9 47% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 533GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 35.8 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 37.8 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%
ST350032 0AS 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 177GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 38 38 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 33.9 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 37 44% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%
WD My Passport 259D 3TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 671GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 37.7 Mixed 34 40% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 37.7 Mixed 34.2 40% 36 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 143% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

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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%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16