MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	55%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 429 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 66.8 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 75 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12460 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1773 (B1) Unknown 92 92 169 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37735034706	86.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 400 Mixed 406 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 22.6 134% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 22.4 27% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 115%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 38GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7442 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1322 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5098210264309 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 25 322122547231 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1816800854469 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7579 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11883 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8635 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5249 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.4% Good	Read 498 Write 404 Mixed 251 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 3.64 76% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 4.63 15% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 787GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 90.8 Write 96.9 Mixed 93.1 122% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $300	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