MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	78.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 397 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 31 Parallax 37.8 37% 37.9 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.1 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 82 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4391008 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6959	78.9% Very good	Read 465 Write 423 Mixed 475 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 9.64 114% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 9.8 22% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 641GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 188 1458 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14881 (C2) HDA temperature 116 83 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 250	62.8% Good	Read 106 Write 113 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 22GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 42 Write 13.9 Mixed 18 26% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.001 32% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $129Bench 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