MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	25.5% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 01:16
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Memory 47.8 1-Core 34.9 2-Core 64.2 31% 49 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 149 16% 130 Pts	64-Core 20.1 1% 20.1 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 6.5 5% 6.53 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 9.4 7% 7.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 34.2 26% 33.9 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 24.9 24% 30.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 250GB-$46 9,815 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0704A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 20 48 51 46 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 455 Write 125 Mixed 404 SusWrite 88.3 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 26.4 107% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 50.5 94% 183 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 98%
HP S700 250GB-$46 9,815 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 8GB free Firmware: S0704A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 18 20 21 20 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 750GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 108 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 136 Write 126 Mixed 83 SusWrite 107 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 19 17 19 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 29% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.8 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 169 24% 169 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 87%

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

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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	546x
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	316x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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