MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 20:21
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.6% Poor	Memory 45 1-Core 16.7 2-Core 31.4 22% 31 Pts	4-Core 57.2 8-Core 89.1 9% 73.2 Pts	64-Core 96.7 6% 96.7 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.4% Good	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 160 41% 90.7 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 165 Splatting 123 111% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 264 271 265 288 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 374 Write 255 Mixed 180 SusWrite 268 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 11.2 59% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 78.4 86% 144 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 120GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 87 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 84.8 Write 88.5 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 85.6 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 61GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 149 169 152 164 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 108 Write 59.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 158 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 20.1 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 2,166 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	263x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	140x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16