MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics115% 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 Drive83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime1 Days
Run DateOct 02 '20 at 08:22
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 77.7
1-Core 106
2-Core 198
72% 127 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 622
60% 493 Pts
64-Core 632
39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 152
Reflection 141
Parallax 150
124% 148 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 131
Splatting 105
110% 139 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 115%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GB
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 30001P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 259 261 263 207 247 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 432
Write 254
Mixed 213
SusWrite 249
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 82.6
4K Mixed 27.6
126% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 190
172% 265 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
411GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 134 131 133 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Read 127
Write 108
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 133
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 114%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MBB 500GB
79GB free, PID 0718
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 33 28 33 33 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Read 29
Write 30.5
Mixed 27.3
SusWrite 31.8
41% 29.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905701-132.A00G 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38.7% Below average
MC Read 14.1
MC Write 13.7
MC Mixed 11.5
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 12.9
SC Mixed 12.1
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 84.9
47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $508
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