MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	20% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 12:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 112 2-Core 200 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 616 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0525) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 92.5 54% 75.6 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 55.9 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 150 15 15 15 30 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20% Very poor	Read 43.2 Write 96 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 77.1 17% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 9.8 43% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 102%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 234GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 19.2 Write 37 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 54.3 29% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 59%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 191GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 106 102 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 104 139% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/16G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 86%

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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 2,141 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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $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