MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.1% 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.

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, 5 years ago, 5 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	13.1 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	Jun 03 '19 at 03:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35% Below average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 30.5 29% 38.4 Pts	4-Core 57 8-Core 62 8% 59.5 Pts	64-Core 52.7 3% 52.7 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 35% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2920 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.3% Above average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 41 Parallax 143 31% 73.8 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 164 Splatting 127 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 231 259 248 294 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 420 Write 204 Mixed 189 SusWrite 250 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 10.1 49% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 83.3 86% 140 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 223GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 82 81 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 93 Write 86.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 81.9 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 394GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 170 170 170 172 176 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 88.5 Mixed 73 SusWrite 169 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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)	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 40.9% 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 2,174 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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	267x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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