MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 15:39
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 203 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 326 43% 322 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 226B) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 10.5 7% 9.66 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 83 100 100 100 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 204 Write 147 Mixed 158 SusWrite 90.4 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 36.8 136% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 74.1 72% 112 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 1315 BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 76%

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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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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%

Sail boat

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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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