MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '20 at 15:42
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.9% Poor	Memory 25.9 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 78 34% 59 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 265 26% 212 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 373E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 128 Parallax 127 110% 130 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 113 Splatting 95.1 97% 122 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 100 96 93 83 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 225 Write 154 Mixed 178 SusWrite 87.7 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 25.8 82% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 114 90% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 508GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 158 168 159 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 180 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 160 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST4000DM004-2CV104 1TB 900GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 80 78 81 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 79.6 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s

Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 145GB free Firmware: V5COA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 58.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 46.9 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR KHX2133C14D4/4G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 280 14% 280 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 83%

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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 2,155 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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
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	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16