MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 645 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.8 37% 42.7 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.1 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 42GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1062 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36974 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11570 (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 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 166449 (F2) Unknown 100 100 151877 (F5) Unknown 100 100 295792	96% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 369 Mixed 431 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 35.5 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 72.3 108% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 103%
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2079008361521 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 106 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 184684511266 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5583509652756 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4837 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8137 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6646 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7387 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 415 Write 258 Mixed 202 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 25.9 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 62.3 105% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 3.37 Mixed 5.03 8% 8.35 MB/s	4K Read 5.09 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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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 $130Bench 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 $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