MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	46% 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)
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 08:45
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.7% Below average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 25.7 2-Core 51.3 28% 41.9 Pts	4-Core 85.7 8-Core 97.7 12% 91.7 Pts	64-Core 90.2 6% 90.2 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (73 fps cap detected)	46% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 73.5 39% 62.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3579 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1219 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 358 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5585712884	64.8% Good	Read 495 Write 399 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 12.3 62% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 13.1 21% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166271320 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22639932 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 437387288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17668 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 42949672984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124416612632572 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3377228006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27845427064	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 174 Mixed 164 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 80%

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

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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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