MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.2% 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	78.2% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 15:44
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$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)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 461 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 54.6 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 51.5 44% 54.8 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 55.6 50% 61.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 Pro 128GB-$76 223 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd 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 1460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201865101348 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 359 Mixed 335 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 20.8 115% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 22.8 28% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 78GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 171399641 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22029295 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 622657572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506 (C2) HDA temperature 36 26 111669149732 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 171399641 (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 -65249143159377 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7774514906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8078554947	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 102 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 112%
Adata Classic C008 USB 2.0 16GB-$9 1,800 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.59% Terrible	Read 35.1 Write 12.1 Mixed 2.35 16% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.13 32% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.59% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 1x8GB 2,022 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 47%

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Typical H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

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 $139Bench 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 $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