MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	96.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI H170A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 04:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 688 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 194 Parallax 189 138% 184 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 44GB free Firmware: VQDC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5521 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 137972 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1344 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 126946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 340284	82% Excellent	Read 500 Write 197 Mixed 285 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 32.8 129% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 70.8 98% 183 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%
WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 121 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2424901 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 63 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7151	96.5% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 473 Mixed 495 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 14.7 113% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 50.8 113% 233 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5325 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 138 Mixed 131 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1489 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 163 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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