MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	57.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	21.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 17:03
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 594 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 107 Splatting 98.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7338837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -124012885701673 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 40 77312032800 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77312032800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7338837 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7338837 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7338837 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6157 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4288 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4288 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5491 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3866667	57.3% Above average	Read 437 Write 110 Mixed 172 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 14.6 102% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 36.4 41% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%
WD WD7502ABYS-02A6B0 750GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 58GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 73 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3280 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3711 (C2) HDA temperature 108 83 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 28 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 27 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	48.3% Average	Read 102 Write 65.7 Mixed 80.6 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 13GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 3016 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7945 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8561 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3858 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.8% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 60.4 Mixed 61.1 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 44%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,151 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	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16