MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.7% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 16:01
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 645 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 1826 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 53.5 54% 61.8 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 69 Splatting 61 55% 68.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 37868196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 47510928256624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 683 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 21 42 55837327381 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 37868196 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 37868196 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 37868196 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9085 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5387 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5387 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1294	34.7% Below average	Read 179 Write 54.4 Mixed 82 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 9.64 78% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 8.49 16% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13863064 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 52 189010593720 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1244 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 96 51540459544 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 80 38 9543888207892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 913 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15365 (C2) HDA temperature 20 62 -140737488355308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72812580571257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36189247480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100693366721	91.8% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 141 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 79 43657164 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35043668432 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2111 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 35 353697813 (C2) HDA temperature 21 65 47244640277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 54 209306253 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 71.9 Mixed 67.4 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 43%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 222GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 8 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6670 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 61 336396308 (C2) HDA temperature 83 54 369950737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5963948 (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 99 99 688 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.4% Average	Read 69.1 Write 78.6 Mixed 70 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 0420 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 74%

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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	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	260x

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	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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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Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16