MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 202 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 389 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 314 20% 314 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 102 82% 102 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 82.8 72% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 31.9 28% 30.7 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 32.1 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 298 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675	75.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 339 Mixed 343 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 9.62 86% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 9.58 67% 156 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 168 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1680 (C2) HDA temperature 127 116 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 145 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GRR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GRR 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns

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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%

Sail boat

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 $94Bench 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 $177	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) $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