MSI MS-B901

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-B90111
Motherboard	MSI MS-B901 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 10:40
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$74 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 106 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 405 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 64.9 61% 71.5 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Reeinno ST480GB S7S3 480GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0328A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 345 407 401 398 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 372 Mixed 351 SusWrite 369 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.9 140% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 39.8 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 68 66 66 76 75 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 86.1 Write 76.7 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 71.7 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 72%

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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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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 51%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B901

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	177x
Core i5-6400Intel $74Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	44x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,315 samples	20x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	20x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	110x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	31x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	22x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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