MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.4% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 18:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 393 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 122 Parallax 157 103% 135 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 93% 114 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 76 75 52 91 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 352 Write 118 Mixed 197 SusWrite 86.7 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 29 120% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 121 123% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 581GB free Firmware: HP52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 127 127 126 126 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 176 Write 160 Mixed 86 SusWrite 126 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.M16FE 1x16GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 47%

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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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Typical H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	163x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	72x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	71x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	49x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

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 $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) $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