MSI MS-B901

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-B90111
Motherboard	MSI MS-B901 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 649 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 71.4 64% 76.9 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2433 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (94) Unknown 100 100 1524 (95) Unknown 100 100 72 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 44 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4902 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5050 (F5) Unknown 100 100 21897	69.7% Good	Read 507 Write 297 Mixed 332 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 15.8 100% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 15.7 22% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 52%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B901

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	177x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	115x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	44x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,315 samples	20x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	20x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	110x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	31x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	22x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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 $179	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