MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 18:18
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 594 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 187 Parallax 230 176% 211 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 211 Splatting 103 145% 189 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 38 44 51 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 360 Write 206 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 46.6 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 2.6 DQ Mixed 0.2 20% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 76%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 103GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 128 131 137 135 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 309 Write 130 Mixed 114 SusWrite 134 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 9 63% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 27.9 47% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 38 26 19 13 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 366 Write 177 Mixed 5 SusWrite 29.6 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.8 40% 10 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 256 148 118 176 88 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 437 Write 458 Mixed 241 SusWrite 167 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.1 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 251 209% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 107%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 610GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 388 395 397 396 392 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 378 Write 348 Mixed 337 SusWrite 391 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 27.5 86% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 177 130% 170 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion SSD 500GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 302GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 148 142 153 153 143 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.9% Very poor	Read 71 Write 61.7 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 147 19% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 1.9 14% 5.07 MB/s	DQ Read 87.7 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 60.9 54% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%

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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 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	356x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	77x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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