MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 195 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 374 46% 351 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 133 Parallax 111 99% 122 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 118 Splatting 98.8 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 155 Write 114 Mixed 127 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 30.3 120% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 91 76% 111 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 131 129 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 78 SusWrite 130 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 48GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 51 48 25 22 23 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 99.2 Write 39 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 35.2 70% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 98% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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