MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150814
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 13 '19 at 19:06
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
31.3% Below average
Memory 46.7
1-Core 25.3
2-Core 50
27% 40.7 Pts
4-Core 88.2
8-Core 127
14% 108 Pts
64-Core 129
8% 129 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 31.3%
Great: 90%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDSR120GB 120GB
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 320 363 367 352 389 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
69.7% Good
Read 451
Write 383
Mixed 322
SusWrite 359
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 48.2
4K Mixed 14.5
79% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 90.2
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 28.4
55% 105 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
45.3% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 19
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 6.4
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 8.8
24% 8.27 GB/s
Latency 174
23% 174 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $508
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