MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 701 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 23 21% 23 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 27.1 Splatting 19.5 20% 25 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5154191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -45500883532718 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 101 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 38 64426999839 (C2) HDA temperature 31 38 64426999839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5154191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5154191 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5154191 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 180388626432 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6987 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8165 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8165 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10123 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3014670	65% Good	Read 507 Write 274 Mixed 269 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 18.1 70% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 46.5 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 826GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 109 103 7516 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2343 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23993 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 34 (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 56 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 103 Mixed 86.2 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

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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 2,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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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	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 $129Bench 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