MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 00:25
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 459 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 70.9 70% 80.2 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 76.9 64% 77.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (64) Unknown 100 100 3786800 (65) Unknown 100 100 720688 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 2275 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 589 (B7) Unknown 97 97 34 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 146029871134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 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 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7067 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4098 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5813 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5574 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59.1% Above average	Read 469 Write 167 Mixed 179 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 9.38 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 27 66% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 284GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 63459702 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62159443 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 538968096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489 (C2) HDA temperature 32 12 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 63459702 (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 -103538776602286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8397781073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21948720926	74.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 122 Mixed 120 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%

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

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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	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

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	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 $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) $30	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