MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 11:24
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$81 342,244 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)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 444 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 66 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 67.1 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-S400U-240-80 240GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 110 62 64 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 486 Write 252 Mixed 306 SusWrite 116 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 31.4 136% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 167 146% 215 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 213GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 357 374 399 419 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 412 Mixed 375 SusWrite 388 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 26.3 148% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 33.3 92% 193 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 311 319 328 332 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 333 Mixed 285 SusWrite 322 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.3 156% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 181 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 80%

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

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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 $94Bench 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 $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