MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 14:07
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 697 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 67.1 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 70.6 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,355 Write 6,409 Mixed 6,602 1,514% 6,789 MB/s	4K Read 645 4K Write 317 4K Mixed 385 1,639% 449 MB/s	DQ Read 1,560 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,136 890% 1,241 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 112%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 529GB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 474 474 473 477 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 470 Mixed 334 SusWrite 473 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.1 179% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 207 193% 301 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 117%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 201GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 101 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64% Good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 101 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1142 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 260GB free, PID 1142 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 94 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 90 Write 91 Mixed 74 SusWrite 92.2 118% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 89%

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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%

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	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

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	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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