MSI MS-179B

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.49% 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	239% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE72VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-179B (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 590 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 6.62 6% 28.7 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,231 Write 1,484 Mixed 1,233 364% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.8 181% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.8 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 31.7 55% 102 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 302%
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 446GB free Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1549 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1035109531972 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 27 313532612656 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 463860007020 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1787 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6075 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2376 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1838 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 507 Write 424 Mixed 456 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 5.25 78% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 5.54 63% 145 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 21.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 78%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	859x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	285x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	626x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	413x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	154x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	127x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	76x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG6 128GBKingstonBench 72%, 2,263 samples	48x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	180x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	118x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	98x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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