MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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 Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 584 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 80% 103 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 87 Splatting 93.3 75% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 278 288 295 305 304 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 466 Write 293 Mixed 200 SusWrite 291 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 13.1 90% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 84.5 100% 169 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 466GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 90 91 92 91 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 91.6 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 84%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 121 120 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 123 Write 106 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 121 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.1% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.8 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 90%

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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 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	361x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	171x
Core i5-6400Intel $68Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	184x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	78x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16