MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.6% 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	63.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 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 (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 400 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 41.7 41% 46.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT27L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9943 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3358 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 135 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2223 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 40 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 200 199 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 188 (EC) Unknown 99 99 102 (ED) Unknown 99 99 135 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 492 Write 126 Mixed 196 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 11.5 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 23.4 36% 64 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 77%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BJ G1 160GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 95GB free Firmware: 00840022 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21192 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 23396352 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1658 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 18012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4826 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 150501 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227633659932 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 547 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 456261632 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2042 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 429566460255 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	38.5% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 64.9 Mixed 60.2 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

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	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 2.1 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 53%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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