MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.2% 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 Drive	264% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 19:29
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 524 49% 407 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6229 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.97 6% 9.09 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 125 101% 128 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2045 767 614 617 618 616 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,386 Write 2163 Mixed 1,250 SusWrite 879 372% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 74.1 246% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 826 627% 843 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 87GB free Firmware: 2.30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 187 182 183 177 185 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 340 Write 252 Mixed 263 SusWrite 185 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 34 139% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 127 117% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 180 180 181 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 122 Write 96.3 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 180 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 3.7 4.1 3.9 4 4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.46% Terrible	Read 40 Write 4.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.2 13% 14 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.46% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%

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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%

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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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