MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	53.9% 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	61.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 04:22
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	Memory 38.4 1-Core 21.2 2-Core 42.6 22% 34.1 Pts	4-Core 60.2 8-Core 51.3 8% 55.8 Pts	64-Core 77.8 5% 77.8 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.9% Above average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 95.5 41% 71 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 94.3 78% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$77 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 126 97 88 120 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 386 Write 374 Mixed 244 SusWrite 102 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 29.4 96% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 178 144% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 903GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 135 141 155 152 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46% Average	Read 13.3 Write 60.2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 147 43% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 17.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 210 19% 210 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	267x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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