MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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 Drive	63.7% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 492 62% 474 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2965 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 212 Parallax 190 154% 197 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (64) Unknown 100 100 554096 (65) Unknown 100 100 83024 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 326 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 188980133926 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 991 (EA) Unknown 100 100 486 (F1) Unknown 100 100 791 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1749 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	63.7% Good	Read 469 Write 191 Mixed 218 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 11.7 86% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 27.7 65% 140 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 739GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 63 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72751793 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (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 63 54 622460965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 525 (C2) HDA temperature 37 21 90194313253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 1 0 (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 74710956115373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7821130328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14203518965	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 137 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 142 Write 47.3 Mixed 70.4 94% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 1.37 144% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

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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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	97x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	70x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	58x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	21x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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