MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	79.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 655 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 154 Parallax 137 99% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 119 61 104 129 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 389 Write 210 Mixed 233 SusWrite 119 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.5 161% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 152 117% 158 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 291 291 290 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 429 Mixed 363 SusWrite 304 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.5 231% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 261 201% 273 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 123GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 95 95 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 99 Write 69 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 95.5 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 183 186 191 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 180 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 187 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

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 (73^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 80%

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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 2,150 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16