MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.4% 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 19:36
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 388 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 03CA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.45 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.26 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUCA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2692 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 34380457491 (AE) Unknown 200 200 1825361 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 62 24 326417907750 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 256773 (F2) Unknown 100 100 245892 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 495 Write 294 Mixed 496 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 16.8 79% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 138 80% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123549709 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8619555712 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1091 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032860 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 13 123549709 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31404800856762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1877922655 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3645599490	67.8% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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