MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '16 at 06:04
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 312 40% 305 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.88% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 6 5% 7.22 fps	MRender 6.33 Gravity 5.33 Splatting 13.9 8% 8.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (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 100 100 213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 156 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196617 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 60 57 184685297704 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 175 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 348 (F2) Unknown 100 100 365 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9 (F6) Unknown 100 100 105344	76.7% Very good	Read 522 Write 196 Mixed 256 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.7 118% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 40.4 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 89%
Toshiba MG03ACA300 3TB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2.5TB free Firmware: FL1A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 11314 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (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 90 90 4124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979740705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 85 85 6193 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 103 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 96.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.53 125% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 94%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 34 Write 37.3 Mixed 24.6 41% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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	228x
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 $94Bench 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 $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 $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