MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateFeb 07 '19 at 09:32
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 210
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 432
59% 439 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 111
Parallax 105
90% 109 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 100
81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
762GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 158 150 165 166 169 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
51.4% Above average
Read 19.5
Write 45.8
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 159
56% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 112%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60
149GB free
Firmware: 3.ALE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
24% Poor
Read 41.5
Write 42.3
Mixed 29
SusWrite 42
28% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 24%
Great: 24%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
72.6% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 22.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 26
SC Mixed 20.9
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 1,150 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $333
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