MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 444 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1575 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 76.1 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 65.2 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 94 89 91 89 MB/s Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.5% Good	Read 228 Write 128 Mixed 161 SusWrite 92.5 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.4 147% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 99.5 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 388GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 133 135 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 106 SusWrite 134 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 137 138 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 593GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 108 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 109 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $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 $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