MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 17:59
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 497 59% 456 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 110 98% 120 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 80 80 74 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245230 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1552	64.4% Good	Read 334 Write 303 Mixed 408 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 1.58 94% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 1.97 50% 111 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 341GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 239579392 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9017354 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420544537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1874 (C2) HDA temperature 25 11 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 239579392 (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 -57672820849521 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6502433862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5252901693	79.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 142 Mixed 125 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY2400D464L15S/8G 2x8GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

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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%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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