MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	88.6% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 08:35
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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 (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 454 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.2 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 253GB 1,829 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1413 (A0) Unknown 100 100 94496 (A1) Unknown 100 100 134 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 178959 (A5) Unknown 100 100 136 (A6) Unknown 100 100 35 (A7) Unknown 100 100 87 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 173 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 201674 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 45116 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 20 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 358744 (F2) Unknown 100 100 457656 (F5) Unknown 100 100 715836	88.6% Excellent	Read 508 Write 269 Mixed 352 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 32.7 133% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 69.7 104% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 101%
OCZ AGILITY3 90GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 52020643891225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1780 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2010	46.6% Average	Read 196 Write 81.9 Mixed 119 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 13.9 102% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 35.3 43% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 330GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129639512 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 109843990 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 571539490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 127694 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65901978172775 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44012919528496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55698110213583	93.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 160 Mixed 137 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 198GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790185787 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 561 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236224184355 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	56% Above average	Read 94 Write 101 Mixed 97.6 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 81%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	356x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	77x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	50x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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