MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$125 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 463 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Gigabyte(1458 2311) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 92 60% 81.1 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 61.8 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 107 119 108 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 353 Write 128 Mixed 188 SusWrite 109 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36 150% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 140 108% 148 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 72 59 70 67 73 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 72.9 Write 79.4 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 70.5 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$79 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 162 168 170 171 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 137 Write 150 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 164 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 132GB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 40.1 Mixed 29.1 37% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 110%

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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 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	359x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x
Core i5-6400Intel $73Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	78x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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