MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$77 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 405 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 8.19 Parallax 5.81 5% 6.6 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5 Splatting 12.5 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 100 1005026213929 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 102603 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 102603 (F2) Unknown 100 100 118578 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13061	73.9% Very good	Read 518 Write 241 Mixed 302 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 15.9 114% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 14.2 45% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSB.16FBD2 1x8GB 616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16