MSI MS-179C

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE72MVR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-179C (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '19 at 17:03
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 600 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11DE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 88.5 82% 101 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 88.2 Splatting 97.6 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 771 433 242 251 225 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 877 Write 326 Mixed 337 SusWrite 445 110% 496 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 41.7 152% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 275 278% 469 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 210%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 285GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 66 67 67 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 88.5 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 65.5 52% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%

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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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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-179C

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	497x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	265x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	232x

SSD
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	152x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	40x
MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GBSamsungBench 101%, 1,619 samples	17x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	72x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	49x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16