MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% 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	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-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 700 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.3 91% 108 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2416 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 872 (B1) Unknown 94 94 28 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14074522042	88.7% Excellent	Read 489 Write 266 Mixed 271 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 31.1 135% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 70.7 107% 206 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 431GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 194152274 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2587561 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 588578850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 504 (C2) HDA temperature 34 17 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 194152274 (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 -132688719642286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3704723121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 748522771	90.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 133 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 44%

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

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $182	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) $30	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