MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (45%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 10:17
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 471 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 134 Parallax 118 89% 121 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 46 169 30 118 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 381 Write 377 Mixed 311 SusWrite 108 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 30.4 104% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 114 131% 226 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 381GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 346 323 324 320 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 368 Mixed 305 SusWrite 324 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 33.6 124% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 345 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 123%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 246GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 376 376 376 376 376 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 404 Mixed 332 SusWrite 382 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 42.8 125% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 480 364% 494 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 155%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 169 170 171 170 171 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 168 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 169 169 167 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 112 Write 149 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 168 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 104%

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	98x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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