MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 02:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 428 54% 412 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 78.5 56% 69.9 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 77.7 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 35535736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -8486855371935 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 50 77312688163 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 77312688163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35535736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35535736 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35535736 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 103079215105 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13988 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9343 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9343 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12808 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3997746	69.2% Good	Read 498 Write 203 Mixed 245 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 16.6 95% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 38.7 74% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 1566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2991 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2955 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 113 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 236GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 71.8 97% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 101%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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