MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	87.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 602 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.3 84% 99.2 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 94 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 626GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2059 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2752540 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 903 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 30 128849608728 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 465 (EA) Unknown 100 100 595 (F1) Unknown 253 253 558 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1376 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 495 Write 306 Mixed 283 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 20.3 117% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 42.8 95% 202 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 107%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 100 6199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9087 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9139 (A9) Unknown 100 100 35 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9089 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 240518168610 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 304 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1806429 (F1) Unknown 253 253 169358 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13105	87.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 410 Mixed 463 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 5.51 114% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 32.5 87% 180 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 23GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2975 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1647 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4505 (C2) HDA temperature 123 92 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	48.2% Average	Read 85.5 Write 81.9 Mixed 73.2 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.36 116% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8770 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8767 (C2) HDA temperature 127 101 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.5% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 25.8 Mixed 48.4 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 97%

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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 $133Bench 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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Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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