MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	62.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 01:39
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 639 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 104 Parallax 90 86% 99.6 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.1 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD360S 128GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0226A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 163 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 126175 (A5) Unknown 100 100 79 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 50522 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36892 (F5) Unknown 100 100 152175	62.3% Good	Read 481 Write 201 Mixed 279 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 3.65 85% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 25.4 60% 121 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 51GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11138 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1968 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 350729 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	41.7% Average	Read 256 Write 85.1 Mixed 128 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 6.86 75% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 49.6 55% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1673 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 254 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2883595834	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 394 Mixed 411 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 46.9 172% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 129 143% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18738680 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 11492 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 487653405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1666 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5854040423992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8965203 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9038655	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 165 Mixed 173 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 103%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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