MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 10:55
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 616 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 101 Parallax 83.7 72% 90.7 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 77.9 65% 78.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 41 66 66 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 408 Write 128 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 70.7 35% 164 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 14.4 65% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 0.1 32% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 294 295 292 294 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 453 Mixed 378 SusWrite 308 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 55.1 174% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 338 256% 345 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 156 111 137 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 147 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.95% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 16.3 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 4 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.4 141% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.95% Great: 13%
Seagate USB 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 388GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 38 Write 37.2 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 38.3 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16