MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39% Below average	Memory 62.1 1-Core 25.3 2-Core 45.5 32% 44.3 Pts	4-Core 91.1 8-Core 112 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.9% Average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 117 37% 76.3 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 61.3 48% 58.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1162 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 80 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3945960347	71.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 427 Mixed 430 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 20.5 77% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 16.2 22% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14691 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1499 (B1) Unknown 93 93 77 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36351067853	62% Good	Read 485 Write 331 Mixed 354 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 12.8 66% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 76.2 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 26.6 30% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 449GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 236 229 8158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2095 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3467 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 103 Write 81.6 Mixed 87.1 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 76%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 508GB free, PID 5033 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 37 Mixed 35 46% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.18 18% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 85%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

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	171x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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