MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$128 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 92.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 441 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 90.9 56% 76 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 51.3 55% 69.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1872 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 657 (B1) Unknown 92 92 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15007247852
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Toshiba MK2565GSX 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 655GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1037 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538574880 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3069 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.25 126% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 95%
WD WD10EZEX-22BN5A0 250GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: GJ003A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 1154 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3394 (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 83 83 6991 (0A) Spinup retry count 167 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 98690 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224118815 (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 5 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 82 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4335 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 323 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	32.9% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 58.5 Mixed 55.4 43% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	228x
Core i5-6600Intel $128Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16