MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 01:55
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 413 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 130 Parallax 121 98% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 117 Splatting 94.6 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 298 314 315 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 376 SusWrite 318 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 348 260% 346 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 1302 2400 C15 Series 0420 F4-2133C15-4GVR 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 58%

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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 2,186 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	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $88Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

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