MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 656 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 60781404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -111823768488709 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1047 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 845 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 55837327391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 60781404 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 60781404 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 60781404 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12318 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9060 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9060 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4393	33.7% Below average	Read 171 Write 53.2 Mixed 74.7 22% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 8.76 74% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 19.5 26% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 97642095 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 228219973 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 127259880983304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 219048706136 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 572194846 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2531 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (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 -133358734538167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33539834008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38997306764	83.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 146 Mixed 134 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6270 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1779 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 488177689 (C2) HDA temperature 75 54 488046617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1377569 (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 99 99 853 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 94.9 Mixed 90.3 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 79 49179746 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 56 56 45141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35113172558 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2385 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 35 488439837 (C2) HDA temperature 29 65 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 54 120637870 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 73.6 Write 75 Mixed 67.1 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 941GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 87.4 Write 87.6 Mixed 52.3 94% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 44%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 279GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 35.6 Write 35.1 Mixed 34.2 45% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 44%
ST312002 2A 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 111GB free, PID null Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 21.3 Mixed 7.65 20% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.35 48% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 75%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,144 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	546x
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	316x
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 $274	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 $184	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