MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.39% 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	70.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 699 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7972) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 6.81 6% 7.86 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 14.1 8% 8.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 614 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 146030067745	70.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 274 Mixed 273 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 7.8 85% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 22.4 74% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12140 (C2) HDA temperature 106 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 208 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5231509530 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4284908501	83.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 137 Mixed 133 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 42%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI H170M-A PRO (MS-7972)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	15x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	4x
SP008GBLFU213N02 2x8GBUnknownBench 69%, 111 samples	4x

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Total price: $413

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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