MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 23:37
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 669 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 222 Parallax 213 169% 214 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 200 Splatting 139 156% 199 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 468 468 471 464 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 466 Mixed 414 SusWrite 456 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.6 204% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 157 157 157 159 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 157 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 119 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 114 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 182GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 91.4 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0420 F4-2400C15-4GVR 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0420 F4-2400C15-4GVR 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16