MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$67 241,476 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 (98^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 386 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 65.9 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 47 68 64 60 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 416 Write 279 Mixed 280 SusWrite 78 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 10.3 40% 9.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 301GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 177 Write 143 Mixed 105 SusWrite 92.6 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 41 Write 12.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 16.8 28% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 5.7 524% 7.1 MB/s	DQ Read 8.7 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 4.2 505% 7.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 225GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 56 55 57 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 88 Write 95.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 78.3 103% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 154% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C17-8GVR 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

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	88x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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