MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 732 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 179 Parallax 182 133% 175 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8100NP 1TB 3,479 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 249 214 218 173 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 525 Mixed 182 SusWrite 237 66% 289 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 76 250% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,220 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 410 429% 725 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 336%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 265GB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 378 386 393 392 391 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 390 Mixed 240 SusWrite 384 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.2 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 284 229% 324 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 117%
Orico M200 512GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 472GB free Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 415 426 434 436 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 457 Mixed 420 SusWrite 424 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 30.5 146% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 45.3 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 91%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 826GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 434 456 465 468 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 486 Mixed 342 SusWrite 451 95% 419 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55.6 198% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 215 174% 248 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 526GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 99 102 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 63 Write 110 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 100 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 540GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 151 153 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 123 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 151 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%
Asmt 2115 2TB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 89 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 98.7 Mixed 73 SusWrite 90.9 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 179% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 102%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 187GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 82 83 84 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 144 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 82.8 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 89%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E660 500GB 1,703 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 466GB free Firmware: GG2ZBG00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 47 41 27 32 45 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 104 Write 47 Mixed 29 SusWrite 38.8 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
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	317x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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