MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 12:34
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 423 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 60.6 56% 65.4 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 53.7 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8616964371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -3367254358409 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 47 68722556961 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 68722556961 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 106 8616964371 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 106 106 8616964371 (CC) Soft ECC correction 106 106 8616964371 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4365 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3359 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3359 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3992 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3997725	59.1% Above average	Read 492 Write 118 Mixed 148 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 13.4 94% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 93.8 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 9.85 37% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 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 117 99 146685880 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9160401 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 504758297 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9861 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (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 -12987981102507 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4474435441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 380071330266	113% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 193 Mixed 180 144% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

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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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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