MSI MS-B901

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.9% 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	71.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-B90111
Motherboard	MSI MS-B901 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 15:49
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 177 63% 111 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 316 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 140 Parallax 127 93% 127 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 124 Splatting 99.9 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK480MAV 480GB 1,217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 211 231 229 213 238 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 342 Write 322 Mixed 289 SusWrite 226 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 25.3 98% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 182 174% 272 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 98%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 925GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 264 368 300 245 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 393 Write 346 Mixed 296 SusWrite 284 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 35.7 129% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 302 241% 338 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 714GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 184 186 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 168 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 183 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD 1x16GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 72%

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

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Typical MS-B901 Builds (Compare 308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B901

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	177x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	115x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	44x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,315 samples	20x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	20x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	110x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	31x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	22x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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