MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 21:18
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 692 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 67.8 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 69.1 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free Firmware: X413 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 279 302 299 299 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 357 Mixed 298 SusWrite 297 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39 156% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 201 186% 290 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 93 92 104 99 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	68% Good	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 31 SusWrite 97.2 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 103%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 85GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 35.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 37.7 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 58%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 358GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 70 71 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 110 Write 91 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 70.4 106% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 126% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	260x

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	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16