MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 17:03
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 224 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 441 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 95% 117 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 113 Splatting 98.2 82% 100 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 296 279 261 250 244 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,834 Write 1,328 Mixed 501 SusWrite 314 219% 994 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 55.3 212% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1083 DQ Write 1,155 DQ Mixed 694 639% 977 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 685GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 137 139 149 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 144 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 138 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 331GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 80 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 43.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 78.4 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,172 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	552x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	77x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16