MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	146% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 03:28
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 710 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.69 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 16 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 0 100 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (64) Unknown 100 100 151936 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 150325100578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 264 (F1) Unknown 100 100 249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 188 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 380	146% Outstanding	Read 1,170 Write 774 Mixed 845 206% 930 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 17.3 122% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 18.2 112% 258 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 159%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 198306264 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 296849 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 744 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91998199480357 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4289064690 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179088346	110% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 171 Mixed 162 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 465GB free Firmware: 1AA01114 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11835 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 43038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1192 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 1 387186711 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 471072796 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1406 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.1% Average	Read 85.4 Write 85.3 Mixed 78.7 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 79%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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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