MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	53.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 12:14
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 245 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 709 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 68.3 56% 68.9 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 59 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274642462	53.6% Above average	Read 498 Write 191 Mixed 237 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 5.25 72% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 6.84 16% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 547GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 137051463 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20779530 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454230043 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 586 (C2) HDA temperature 27 16 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 137051463 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54704998447365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5271465552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11264644047	91.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 164 Mixed 159 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
takeMS USB Mini 1GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 4.55 Mixed 7.03 10% 9.07 MB/s	4K Read 8.34 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 32% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 2x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	92x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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