MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.7% 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	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 13:40
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 370 56% 409 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.7% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 50.6 45% 54.2 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 52.8 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-256 256GB 3,217 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 154 110 55 82 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 389 Write 237 Mixed 262 SusWrite 99.1 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 16.5 77% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 27.2 35% 66 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 90%
Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 320GB-$45 4,619 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 177GB free Firmware: FB4OC40J SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 61 61 61 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 55 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 60.1 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%
WD Blue 400GB (2008) 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 322GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 49.1 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 54.4 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB-$54 6,728 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 140GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 100 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 102 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IR2400D464L15S/8G 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

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Desktop 79%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $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