MSI MS-7978

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI MS-7978 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '23 at 16:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 577 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Gigabyte(1458 2338) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 134 Parallax 234 97% 163 fps	MRender 215 Gravity 120 Splatting 188 143% 174 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 113 117 121 106 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 276 Write 218 Mixed 244 SusWrite 123 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 27.2 91% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 155 123% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 120GB free Firmware: STOSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1603 1609 474 480 457 459 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,567 Write 1,971 Mixed 1,545 SusWrite 847 334% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.7 176% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 648 DQ Mixed 896 644% 836 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 98 100 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 98.8 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-7978

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1x

GPU
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	1x

SSD
FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GBSeagateBench 218%, 1,509 samples	1x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 16GBUnknownBench 76%, 3 samples	1x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $481

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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