MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7996
Motherboard	MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 04:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 68 1-Core 68 2-Core 127 52% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 218 23% 182 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3300 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 95.1 Parallax 95.2 79% 95.9 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 83.2 76% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ200PCSZ 200GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 186GB free Firmware: JZET6102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 275 313 316 318 318 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 317 Mixed 323 SusWrite 300 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 41.8 152% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 263 212% 299 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB-$54 6,728 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 93 94 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 90.8 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 829GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 147 160 161 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 166 Mixed 107 SusWrite 157 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 268GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 250GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 94.1 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 106 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 80%

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Typical B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996) Builds (Compare 433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	153x
Core i5-6400Intel $75Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	92x
Core i3-6100Intel $66Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	36x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	10x

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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 $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16