MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.6% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 11:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 454 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 510 347 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B 1222) 1GB CLim: 523 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.42% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.38 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.74 2% 1.83 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.42% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 154 120 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 453 Write 155 Mixed 210 SusWrite 149 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 36.8 141% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 152 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 47GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 396 399 403 381 392 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 151 Mixed 358 SusWrite 394 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.8 148% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 296 212% 269 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 95%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 111GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 55 55 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 84.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 55.1 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3160318AS 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 294GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 100 98 103 103 103 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 99.7 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 99%

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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 2,145 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	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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