MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 456 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 54.7 36% 46.9 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 38.5 39% 48.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 115 115 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 400 Write 119 Mixed 178 SusWrite 115 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 39.2 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 122 96% 135 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 348 Mixed 106 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 36.1 134% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 111 102% 163 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 236GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 64 62 62 61 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 88 Write 82.8 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 62.1 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 81%

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

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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	77x

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 $109Bench 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 $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