MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	83.5% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	15.5 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	Dec 27 '17 at 00:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 586 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.6 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-000H1 128GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 95 95 2664 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 107 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1671 (AA) Unknown 100 100 382 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 94 (AE) Unknown 99 99 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 896 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 36 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 513 Write 153 Mixed 227 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 30.6 142% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 76.3 102% 191 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 503GB free Firmware: GT001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1946 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3782 (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 80 80 8202 (0A) Spinup retry count 175 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 630 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 41875 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403922461 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8250 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 7189 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 309 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 82.8 Write 78 Mixed 79.1 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 45%
Maxtor 6L250S0 250GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 213GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 206 183 12520 (04) Start/Stop count 238 238 30215 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 235 45076 (09) Power-on hours count 179 179 45359 (0A) Spinup retry count 205 205 31 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 177 177 30109 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 253 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 6043 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 219 214 22 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 235 235 219 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	30.5% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 52.7 Mixed 62.5 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.56 130% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 35%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 174GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3682 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 137 Mixed 117 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.31 117% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 75%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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