MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive116% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161102
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJul 15 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 82.1
1-Core 107
2-Core 202
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 644
63% 515 Pts
64-Core 641
40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 115
Parallax 97
84% 105 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 96
Splatting 101
80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 279 289 286 288 289 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 458
Mixed 444
SusWrite 291
95% 422 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 59.5
201% 72.4 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 339
256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 116%
Great: 129%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: GGB8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 116 118 117 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 129
Write 124
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 116
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.5% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 22.4
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 20.9
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $508
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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