MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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.

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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 600 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 116 Parallax 90.5 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 102 80% 96.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GB 10,917 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 317 319 320 320 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 428 Mixed 370 SusWrite 323 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47 183% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 290 224% 305 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 430GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 96 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 74.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 94 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 156% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 859B CT8G4SFD824A.C16FDD2 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 22.9 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	496x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	265x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	231x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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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