MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.7% 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	Aug 03 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 649 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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: 1663 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 73.3 63% 77.2 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 72 Splatting 63.1 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB 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 105 105 10897103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -102830106972385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 722 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 55837327384 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10897103 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10897103 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10897103 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9318 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5705 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5705 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1638	37.7% Below average	Read 196 Write 59.6 Mixed 68 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 10.5 81% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 20 28% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165125152 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 52 201896291989 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1298 (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 70 38 9543938736158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 931 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16402 (C2) HDA temperature 30 62 -140737488355298 (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 -76300094011162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37643755984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 102686911105	85.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 148 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 113%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 431GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 8 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6520 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5248 (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 4206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1564 (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 79 61 353304597 (C2) HDA temperature 76 54 403636248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 887243 (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 99 713 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 87.8 Mixed 95.3 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 59%
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 (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 79 142625919 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35045878883 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2178 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 35 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 65 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 54 188084103 (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	41.6% Average	Read 70.9 Write 73.9 Mixed 71.1 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 267GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 39 Write 37 Mixed 28.7 44% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%
ST312002 2A 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 112GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 20.6 Write 21.3 Mixed 11.4 22% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.35 52% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 12%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB 2,131 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 37GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 5.81 Mixed 10.8 13% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 1.32 76% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 16%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 29GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 57.8 Mixed 50.6 70% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 44%

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 as expected (57^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $80Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16