MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 09:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 412 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 16 Parallax 18.9 17% 18.7 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 16.4 16% 20.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S596 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 42GB free Firmware: 100312 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16777215 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3211291 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3049546450144	26.6% Poor	Read 201 Write 96.3 Mixed 98.6 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 6.84 41% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 8.21 9% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 27%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2168 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1254 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1032762 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1032762 (F2) Unknown 100 100 683930	44.4% Average	Read 254 Write 134 Mixed 167 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 15.4 71% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 31.1 43% 81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 80GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93852885 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 246539710 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1432 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1226865155 (B7) Unknown 1 1 626 (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 72 59 471203868 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 25 93852885 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 80 Write 103 Mixed 108 74% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 104%

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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	98x
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	59x
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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16