MSI MS-176K

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GX70 3BE
Motherboard	MSI MS-176K (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '16 at 22:06
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th 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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 92.6 51% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 134 18% 135 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.4% 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 Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.98% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 5.22 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 5 3% 3.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.98% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 156 (A9) Unknown 100 100 220 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 45 193274839075 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6939 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2831 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2584 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	55% Above average	Read 237 Write 226 Mixed 220 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 19.5 88% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 44.4 54% 94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 91%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 168 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1892 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63084 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 99.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata MIF4D1D167HZ1J 1x8GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20% Very poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 7.4 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 32%

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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 $80Bench 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 $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 $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) $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