MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 727 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 91.2 87% 103 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 96.1 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 6018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (A2) Unknown 100 100 431 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458777 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7672 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4680	74.8% Very good	Read 519 Write 351 Mixed 351 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 9.67 98% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 9.63 38% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982375923 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1226 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914904096 (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 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 83.9 Mixed 61.1 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2400 4x8GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 113%

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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 2,145 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 $178	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