MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 14:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.4% Below average	Memory 44 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 51.1 26% 40.2 Pts	4-Core 98.2 8-Core 98.5 13% 98.3 Pts	64-Core 96.3 6% 96.3 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 71 Parallax 131 47% 86.6 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 420 Mixed 227 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 27.4 97% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 153 140% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 37GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 54 53 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 53.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 53.1 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 44 Write 32 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 44.3 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 179 179 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 146 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 176 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 19.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 184 22% 184 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 87%

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

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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