MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.1% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 584 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.1% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 56.8 51% 61.7 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 67.7 55% 66.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (A5) Unknown 100 100 983049 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 484 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 71 304944381990 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 77 (EA) Unknown 100 100 107 (F1) Unknown 253 253 102 (F2) Unknown 253 253 54 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 450 Mixed 358 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.2 140% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 63 117% 232 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 893GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105486 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 86 86 10492 (F1) Unknown 200 200 87373881054 (F2) Unknown 200 200 140128559133	106% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 159 Mixed 148 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.18 96% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 4.28 Mixed 4.89 10% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.29 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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