MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 15:16
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 466 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 76.6 68% 82.3 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 96 Splatting 83.4 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 214 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720941 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5311	79.5% Very good	Read 514 Write 342 Mixed 356 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 9.1 95% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 44.7 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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