MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	18% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '19 at 23:18
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 425 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SSD 2.5" PHISON 256GB PS3111-S11 TLC 25 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD00.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.5 58 16 1.6 1.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 412 Write 81.5 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 13.4 31% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.2 2% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 146 144 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 70.8 Mixed 65 SusWrite 144 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 866GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 17 33 65 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 8.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 50.2 14% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 97%

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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 2,141 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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
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 $129Bench 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