MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 13:46
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 512 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 53.5 58% 64.5 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 70.6 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1930 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 482 (AE) Unknown 100 100 184 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 493625 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 880 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 44004 (F1) Unknown 100 100 704068 (F2) Unknown 100 100 745757	94.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 292 Mixed 375 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 35.8 141% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 79.9 125% 239 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 131 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164187 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 93.4 Mixed 90 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.19 107% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 81%

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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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	268x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16