MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$66 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 197 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 318 42% 316 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3759) 2GB CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 17.7 19% 19.3 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 19.4 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 66GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 8939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10127752039542 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 49 219043332139 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4565556331559 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 777 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14951 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6177 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4224 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 242 Mixed 320 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 5.72 96% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 7.22 62% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$39 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 881GB free (System drive) Firmware: GKAOA74A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 107 107 55876911763 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 61929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3166 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519086118 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.9% Average	Read 72.1 Write 80.7 Mixed 68.7 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 46%
WDC WD10 EALX-009BA0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 409GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16