MSI MS-179B

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.48% 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 Drive183% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star GP72MVR 7RFX
MotherboardMSI MS-179B  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 07 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 228
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 606
62% 502 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 11D7) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.48% Terrible
Lighting 7.77
Reflection 63.6
Parallax 7.56
6% 26.3 fps
MRender 11.2
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.7
10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.48%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 651 303 304 304 305 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
183% Outstanding
Read 1,325
Write 1,023
Mixed 769
SusWrite 443
198% 890 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 58.7
239% 87.5 MB/s
DQ Read 575
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 79.6
228% 481 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 183%
Great: 280%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
370GB free
Firmware: SBFK71B1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 178 76 77 73 79 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 374
Write 103
Mixed 302
SusWrite 128
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 23.5
112% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 22
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 21.5
61% 121 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 029E CMSX8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
78.6% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 22.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 24.5
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-179B Builds (Compare 1,198 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-179B

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