MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.6% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 09:15
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 328 41% 312 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.4 78% 99.2 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 198 196 200 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 482 Write 187 Mixed 193 SusWrite 195 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 13.1 102% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 76.7 88% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 78%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 52GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 117 134 119 119 118 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 308 Write 208 Mixed 232 SusWrite 124 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 36.5 136% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 168 131% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 128GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 74 SusWrite 114 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16