MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.26% 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	89.2% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 19:56
Run Duration	499 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 677 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.31 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 15.7 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 372GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 35 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 206791754	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.4 161% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.5 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 127 109% 153 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 131%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 182GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 423 Write 411 Mixed 422 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 28.8 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 76.5 77% 124 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 183 (A9) Unknown 100 100 329 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 40 171800068125 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20386 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8876 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5980 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 403 Write 410 Mixed 307 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17 129% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 17.2 76% 173 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 99%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 420 Write 403 Mixed 411 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 28.3 92% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 76.2 77% 123 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 176 Mixed 168 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Read 23 Write 8.34 Mixed 10.3 15% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.33 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 31% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 6%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0439 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.79% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 5.3 Mixed 5.45 9% 9.07 MB/s	4K Read 5.16 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 20% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.79% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 109%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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