MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	311% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 13:15
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 613 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 92% 111 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 84 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1295 1418 1399 1479 1448 1436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,309 Write 1,545 Mixed 1,258 SusWrite 1,412 364% 1,631 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 83.7 278% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 1,004 762% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 333%
Sandisk Z400s 2.5 7MM 128GB 973 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 25GB free Firmware: Z2327012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 177 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 175 Mixed 170 SusWrite 176 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.4 116% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 76.5 84% 141 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 61GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 83 83 80 83 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 81.9 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 130GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 87 87 82 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 90 Write 84.7 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 84.8 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 74%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 195GB free Firmware: AX1R4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 65 62 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 79.2 Write 81.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 63.7 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM48GU88N24-FFFHMB Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,241 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	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
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 $90Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

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