MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 20:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$88 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 457 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 106% 128 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 193 Mixed 208 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.2 174% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 184 152% 220 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 74GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 154 158 161 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 158 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 107%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 1TB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 397GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 63 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 88.5 Write 44.2 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 64 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 56GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 137 136 136 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 94 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 135 68% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 107%
StoreJet Transcend 3TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 266GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 121 Write 79.8 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 93.4 117% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA DT01ABA3 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 791GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 100 100 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.2% Average	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 100 114% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 79%

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Typical B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 499 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

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	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16