MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	309% 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	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

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 01:53
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 454 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 187 Parallax 169 144% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 179 Splatting 118 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 664 662 661 660 661 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,449 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,275 SusWrite 707 377% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 93.8 323% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,656 DQ Write 1,394 DQ Mixed 1,482 1,122% 1,511 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 168GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 311 312 311 312 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 450 Mixed 428 SusWrite 335 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.7 218% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 317 240% 322 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 250GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 471 207 119 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 436 Mixed 361 SusWrite 255 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 40.8 158% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 269 201% 266 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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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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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%

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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