MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	42.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 08:42
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 105 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 561 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 99.7 81% 101 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 94 Splatting 77.3 70% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 27 16 12 32 22 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.7% Average	Read 281 Write 41.7 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 25.1 20% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 15.2 83% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 0.2 33% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 294 292 293 292 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 432 Mixed 363 SusWrite 298 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 50.9 157% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 341 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 71.5 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 107 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 107 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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