MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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. 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.1% 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	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

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

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	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-6500-$190 118,276 User benchmarks, average bench 58% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	1-Core 95.3 2-Core 195 68% 145 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 364 50% 367 Pts	64-Core 374 25% 374 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 134,753 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 358 Reflection 286 Parallax 367 93% 337 fps	MRender 342 Gravity 333 Splatting 211 94% 295 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 111%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$100 33,696 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 (54^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: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$75 52,452 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd 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: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 88%

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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 5,593 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $190Bench 58%, 118,276 samples	1,564x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 69%, 204,615 samples	792x
Core i7-6700KIntel $285Bench 76%, 326,590 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples	1,026x
GTX 1070Nvidia $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	749x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 50%, 447,803 samples	573x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 496,833 samples	476x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples	206x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 54%, 193,675 samples	172x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 28,514 samples	388x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $178Bench 71%, 27,246 samples	379x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 67%, 28,318 samples	287x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $845

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $211

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $630	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24