MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	99.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 12:36
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6500-$211 90,583 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	SC Int 66.1 SC Float 105 SC Mixed 95.3 71% 88.9 Pts	QC Int 343 QC Float 405 QC Mixed 371 84% 373 Pts	MC Int 349 MC Float 400 MC Mixed 374 56% 374 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 17,791 User benchmarks, average bench 127% MSI(1462 3734) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 358 Reflection 286 Parallax 367 112% 337 fps	MRender 342 Gravity 333 Splatting 211 128% 295 fps
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 140%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$170 27,575 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 67 37 33 32 31 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 461 Mixed 312 SusWrite 73.2 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.4 193% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 326 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$94 39,286 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 4,349 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $211Bench 70%, 90,583 samples	1,242x
Core i5-6600KIntel $237Bench 85%, 176,089 samples	625x
Core i7-6700KIntel $310Bench 88%, 252,927 samples	462x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 71%, 492,577 samples	826x
GTX 1070Nvidia $345Bench 97%, 479,344 samples	557x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 395,234 samples	461x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $46Bench 105%, 404,154 samples	389x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 112%, 290,212 samples	158x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $39Bench 53%, 158,504 samples	149x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 73%, 26,050 samples	312x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $71Bench 71%, 25,873 samples	310x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 21,665 samples	236x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $873

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $345	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $46
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $149	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $80
Intel Core i5-8600K $259	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $92

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12