MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive104% 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.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 28 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
73% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 112
2-Core 218
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 361
8-Core 628
60% 495 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 73%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 146
Parallax 126
117% 139 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 139
Splatting 109
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 345 398 466 475 480 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 434
Mixed 302
SusWrite 411
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 39.8
151% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 64.6
118% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
464GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 409 426 443 441 442 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
162% Outstanding
Read 923
Write 938
Mixed 850
SusWrite 438
177% 787 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 62.5
204% 75.8 MB/s
DQ Read 932
DQ Write 610
DQ Mixed 428
412% 657 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 162%
Great: 170%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 154 154 155 154 154 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 149
Mixed 99
SusWrite 152
105% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.9% Below average
MC Read 13.5
MC Write 13.1
MC Mixed 11.2
36% 12.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 11.8
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 82.5
48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $408
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