MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.7% 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 Drive76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161103
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 10 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 89.8
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
87% 157 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 688
70% 566 Pts
64-Core 692
43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 120
Parallax 100
91% 110 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 101
Splatting 99.9
81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 129 131 131 132 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
76.3% Very good
Read 405
Write 136
Mixed 200
SusWrite 130
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 35.2
142% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 155
126% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80
298GB free
Firmware: 3.AAK
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 74 79 79 79 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
43.5% Average
Read 74
Write 55.5
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 77.4
46% 62.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 43.5%
Great: 43%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150
466GB free
Firmware: AV001D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 103 113 114 114 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
64.5% Good
Read 113
Write 107
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 111
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
41.1% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 11.3
38% 13.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 13.4
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 67.5
59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $521
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