MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 16:04
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (86^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 187 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 361 45% 344 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 C411) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 102 68% 88.2 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 85 Splatting 64.2 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 68 52 56 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 450 Write 92.8 Mixed 132 SusWrite 67.3 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 31.3 139% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 163 136% 203 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 169 161 167 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 167 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 69 69 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 85.5 Write 85 Mixed 37 SusWrite 70.2 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 12.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 49%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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