MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7994
Motherboard	MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 02:17
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 404 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 40 Reflection 36.3 Parallax 32.4 33% 36.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 299 295 294 302 320 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 118GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 56 57 56 56 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 52.2 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 55.4 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 35%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 652GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 116 66% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 92.4 Write 78.9 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 85.8 107% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 817GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 37 36 36 36 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.2 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 35.6 47% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 43%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	2.37% Terrible	Read 9.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.7 5% 4.35 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.37% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

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Typical B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994) Builds (Compare 484 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	127x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	57x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	70x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	27x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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