MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26% 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	67% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 03:38
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 423 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 32.6 28% 33.7 fps	MRender 0.29 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 39.7 22% 23.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SATA SSD 128GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 992 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 215 (B2) Unknown 93 93 136 (B3) Unknown 93 93 252 (B4) Unknown 93 93 3780 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 93 93 1880 (F1) Unknown 249 249 4666810114 (F2) Unknown 188 188 7289723392	67% Good	Read 465 Write 261 Mixed 333 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 17.9 81% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 73 84% 149 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$31 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 148GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128754512 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46963642 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -104621108360833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2047 (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 72 52 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30539 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 51539607580 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 -116449448295155 (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 99 99 -116449448295155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3461975885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3385534843 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	33.3% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 60.6 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.17 49% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 70GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 79112700 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30215587358 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2664 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 45 45 55 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 34 69207851037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18022 (C2) HDA temperature 29 66 -25769803747 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 30 79112700 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.6% Average	Read 71 Write 70.2 Mixed 69.8 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.47 101% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

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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%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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