MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.6% 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	212% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 125 Parallax 116 26% 91.2 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,017 Mixed 1,069 297% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 30.8 178% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 30.2 129% 289 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 247%
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 56GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27787595 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 92 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 459 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 236224118816 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 403730661470 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1134 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1595 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1525 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1019 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 501 Write 349 Mixed 446 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 18.9 134% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 46.3 41% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 98%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 332GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 99 1 15247 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6230 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5751 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 1 15247 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 94251 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 71 269090832 (C2) HDA temperature 82 68 319422482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14144217 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 97 41 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.8 Mixed 90.7 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 106 140% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 79%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 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	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