MSI MS-176K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.08% 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 Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GX70 3BE
Motherboard	MSI MS-176K (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140109
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 20:17
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-5750M APU 4,247 User benchmarks, average bench 41% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 102 51% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 167 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8650G 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 10EF) 768MB Ram: 768MB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 6.31 5% 6.71 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 8 5% 6.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 137 144 111 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 347 Write 144 Mixed 200 SusWrite 113 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 4.1 61% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 444GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 365 384 382 392 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 391 Mixed 370 SusWrite 382 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 45.7 162% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 152 116% 159 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,121 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.5% Below average	MC Read 17 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 60%

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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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Typical MS-176K Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-176K

CPU
A10-5750M APUAMDBench 41%, 4,247 samples	33x

GPU
Radeon HD 8650GAMDBench 5%, 4,043 samples	29x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 4%, 6 samples	2x
R9 M290XAMDBench 22%, 1,411 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
HG5d Q Series mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 74%, 741 samples	2x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	9x
M2S8G64CC8HB5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 51%, 1,393 samples	3x
MIF4D1D167HZ1J 1x8GBAdataBench 29%, 544 samples	3x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16