MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% 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.
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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 12:53
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 65.3 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 123 52% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 285 35% 267 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 65.4 61% 72.2 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 71.4 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 563 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 164 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3573905677	91.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 405 Mixed 411 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 25 131% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 83.1 88% 148 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABF032 320GB-$37 7,072 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 127GB free Firmware: AM001J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1343 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 136 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 699 (0A) Spinup retry count 137 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3039 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979281944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 163 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 77.3 Write 76.5 Mixed 73.9 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 65GB free Firmware: PB2OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 208 208 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 258471 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 150324641816 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	22.8% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 39.5 Mixed 39.5 30% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 47%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 8.62 Mixed 8.65 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.28 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.52 47% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16