MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 401 50% 379 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 60.2 51% 62.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 53.3 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3718 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 879 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13757120162	66.5% Good	Read 486 Write 85.1 Mixed 141 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 19.3 110% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 48.8 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 10GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 6154289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 76888504551505 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3227 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 57 34363473943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6154289 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6154289 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6154289 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14190 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13673 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13673 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17819	53.5% Above average	Read 424 Write 60.7 Mixed 82.7 40% 189 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 15.1 101% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 23 33% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB-$298 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 27GB free Firmware: BBCOC31P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 209 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 50058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 4 4 966517 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 223338889240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	18.8% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 32.8 Mixed 32 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 30%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 19GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 197 3016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4772 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4773 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 82.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 71.9 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.56 142% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1042 320GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 131GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 38.1 Mixed 16.8 38% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 2x4GB 1,065 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.1% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
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 $109Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

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