MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.17% 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	86.9% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 18:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$122 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 442 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 0401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 4.5GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.17% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 7.9 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 9.5 Splatting 9.2 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 8.17% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P4-240 240GB 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 223 164 169 162 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 399 Write 407 Mixed 366 SusWrite 211 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.5 158% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 231 178% 241 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 457GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 85 84 87 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 88.6 Write 84.4 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 84.5 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Atermiter 1x8GB 346 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 38%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	70	0"	1028 720	Default

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	100x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	17x

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