MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	98.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 15:24
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 632 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 93% 111 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM000-1F2168 750GB 698GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150325428259 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7319889 (F7) Unknown 100 100 232579 (F8) Unknown 100 100 157146 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3592 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	91.1% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 479 Mixed 484 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31.4 129% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 17.1 30% 54.3 MB/s

ST4000DM000-1F2168 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 508 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 27 (A3) Unknown 100 100 279 (94) Unknown 100 100 44303 (95) Unknown 100 100 612 (96) Unknown 100 100 474 (97) Unknown 100 100 598 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10577 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45248120619039 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 54243 (F5) Unknown 100 100 62470 (F6) Unknown 100 100 88606 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 457 Mixed 499 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23.4 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 20.7 97% 217 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 115%
WD WD10EZEX-75M2NA0 3TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7638 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (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	58.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 88.1 Mixed 119 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.14 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 863GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 758 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 600 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 623050788 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 681 (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	94.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.31 143% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 102%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2.5TB free, PID b202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 41.5 Mixed 21.7 43% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 48%
Freecom Hard Drive XS 1TB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 603GB free, PID fc8e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 34.4 Write 38.1 Mixed 36.3 48% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.47 100% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD2 1315 CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD2 1315 CT8G4DFD8213.M16FB 1315 CT8G4DFD8213.M16FB 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

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 $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