MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 14:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 411 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 39.3 34% 41.7 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.1 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB 15,095 User benchmarks, average bench 369% 349GB free Firmware: 611100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1095 1085 1090 1090 1084 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 1,081 Mixed 836 SusWrite 1,085 258% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 66.8 215% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,626 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 1,150 900% 1,257 MB/s
Poor: 234% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 494%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 142 140 134 121 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 456 Write 154 Mixed 171 SusWrite 135 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 28.6 115% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 55.1 71% 128 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 101 101 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 91.4 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 102 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 105 112 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70% Good	Read 139 Write 137 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 105 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.2 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 20.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 97%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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